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The Sex Dictionary
The Letter M
How To Have Good Sex, Inc.
Male hermaphroditism: a generic term applied to several different syndromes
of birth-defective ambiguity of the sex organs occurring in the 46,XY gonadal male. The
defect is induced in fetal life by a deficiency of hormonal masculinization secondary to
either the quantity or type of male hormone available, or to insensitivity of the tissues
to male hormone. Synonym, male pseudohermaphroditism.
Manic-depressive cyclicity: in manic-depressive illness, the repeated
sequence of a period of being high (manic) followed by one of being low (depressive).
Marauding: raiding; taking by force.
Marauding/predatory paraphilia: one of a group of paraphilias characterized
by triumph wrested developmentally from sexuoerotic tragedy by means of a strategy that
incorporates sinful lust into the lovemap on the condition that it be stolen, abducted, or
imposed by force, since it irrevocably defiles saintly love.
Masochism (adjective, masochistic): a paraphilia of the
sacrificial/expiatory type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of
orgasm are responsive to, and contingent on being the recipient of abuse, torture,
punishment, discipline, humiliation, obedience, and servitude [named after-Leopold von
Sacher-Masoch, 1836-1895, Austrian author and masochist] The reciprocal paraphilic
condition is sadism.
Masochist: The paraphile fixated on the condition of being responsive to or
dependent on being the recipient of punishment and humiliation in order to obtain erotic
arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. As the partner of a sadist, a person may
impersonate a masochist for commercial gain, within the limits set by the pain threshold.
Masculinacy: the quality or state of being masculine. Antonym, effeminacy.
masculine (noun, masculinity): characteristic of, or attributed to the male sex.
Masculinate (noun, masculinacy): adjective describing a mannish or
virilistic manner and bearing in a woman or girl stigmatized as an unwomanish lesbian.
Masculinization: the developmental process of differentiating and/or
assimilating masculine features and characteristics.
Masochism: a paraphilia of the sacrificial/expiatory type in which
sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to and
contingent on being the recipient of abuse, torture, punishment, discipline, humiliation,
obedience, and servitude, variously mixed (named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch,
1836-1895, Austrian author and masochist). The reciprocal paraphilic condition is sadism.
Master: sadomasochistic vernacular term for the sadistic partner whose role
is one of total domination and disciplinarian Antonym, slave. See also dominatrix.
Masturbation: sexuoerotic genital self-stimulation by pressure or touch,
self-stimulation, usually though not necessarily climaxing in orgasm [from Latin, manus,
hand + st[u]parare, to deflower, ravish, fornicate, or to engage in adultery, incest, or
rape]. From its Latin derivation, the literal meaning of masturbation is to use the
genitalia to ravish or rape the hand. etymologically, hand-rape, the manual practice of
erotic self-stimulation, formerly stigmatized as a crime against nature. Today it is
considered normal and healthy and is not limited to either the hands or the self. It
includes digital stimulation of the genitalia of a partner as well as of oneself. See also
secret vice; autoeroticism.
Masturbation fantasy: cognitional rehearsal of erotically stimulating
activity that accompanies, and may precede, an episode of masturbation. To the extent that
the content of its imagery and ideation, like that of a sleeping dream, has a high degree
of autonomy and individual specificity in its power to stimulate genital arousal, it is
not voluntarily chosen or preferred. 2. Imagery of erotically stimulating content that
accompanies, and may precede, an episode of masturbation. Like the imagery of a sleeping
dream, its content has a high degree of autonomy and is not voluntarily chosen. See also
copulation fantasy; coital fantasy.
Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuester syndrome: a sexual birth defect characterized by
impaired differentiation of the m|llerian ducts so that the uterus is rudimentary and
cordlike. The deep part of the vagina is absent and the outer part is shallow or in the
form of a dimple. The fallopian tubes may be defective, and there may be other sporadic
congenital anomalies. The ovaries are normal and induce normal femininizing puberty,
except for lack of menstruation secondary to the defective uterus. Psychosexual
differentiation is as a female.
Meatus: an opening or passageway in the body, such as the urinary meatus.
Mechanism: the arrangement or association of the elements or parts of
anything in relation to the effect they generate; the combination of mental processes by
which an effect is generated.
Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA): the generic name of Depo-Provera. It has
many of the physiological properties of progesterone, and so is known as a synthetic
progestin, although in chemical structure it is actually an androgen, like testosterone,
which is closely related to progesterone. Therapeutically, MPA has varied uses: to
suppress ovulation (in the birth control pill); to prevent spermatogenesis (as a male
contraceptive); and as an antiandrogen to suppress androgen release and sexuoeroticism,
reversibly, in male sex offenders. 2. A pharmaceutical hormonal product marketed under the
name of Provera or Depo-Provera.(r) It has many of the physiological properites of
progesterone, and so is known as a synthetic progestin, though in chemical structure it is
actually an androgen, like testosterone, which is closely related to progesterone.
Therapeutically, medroxyprogesterone acetate has varied uses: to supress ovulation (in the
birth-control pill); to prevent spermatogenesis (as a male contraceptive); and as an
antiandrogen to supress androgen release and libido, reversibly, in male sex offenders.
See also Androcur; cyproterone.
Menage a trois: See troilism [French, household of three]. menopause: in a
female, the so-called change of life marked by the cessation of menstrual functioning. It
does not preordain cessation of sex life.
Menstrual: an enocrine cycle of 28 days in women which includes flucuations
in estrogen and progesterone, the events of enodmetrial development, folicular maturation,
ovulation, changes in cervical mucus secretion, breast vascularization changes, and if
pregnancy does not occur, menstruation.
Menstruation: in women, the periodic (monthly) bloody discharge from the
uterus and vagina approximately two weeks after ovulation.
Mercantile: commercial; obtained by purchase.
Mercantile/venal paraphilia: one of a group of paraphilias characterized by
triumph wrested developmentally from sexuoerotic tragedy by means of a strategy that
incorporates sinful lust into the lovemap on the condition that it be traded, bartered, or
purchased and paid for, not freely exchanged, since it irrevocably defiles saintly love.
Metabolite: in the body, a substance that is produced by the body's own
chemistries.
Metamorphosis: a striking change in appearance, form, or substance.
Microcannula: a hair-thin glass tube so small that it can penetrate a single
cell and deliver a minute drop of a liquid substance to the cell.
Microelectrode: an electrode made of a filament so hair-thin that it can
penetrate a single cell, such as a nerve cell, and deliver to or receive from the cell a
minute amount of electrical current.
Micropenis: a birth defect in which the penis is extremely small. The
maximum stretched length is not greater than .5 standard deviation units (SDU) below the
mean for age, and possibly as small as 5.0 SDU below. The diameter is correspondingly
small, with extreme hypoplasia of the corpora cavernosa. As compared with a micropenis,
the average adult penis's stretched length is 6.6 inches (16.7 cm), with a standard
deviation of 0.77 inches ([1.95 cm) (Money, Lehne, and Pierre-Jerome, 1984) an
exceptionally small penis that resembles the clitoris in size. A micropenis may carry the
urethral tube or may be hypospadiac. Typically, it is formed mostly of skin, the body
(corproa cavernosa) of the penis being hypoplastic. The condition is also known as
microphallus or penile agenesis.
Microphallus: see micropenis.
Minotaur: in Greek mythology, a monster, half man and half bull, confined in
the labyrinth built by Daedalus for Minos, where it devoured the periodic tribute of seven
youths and seven maidens sent by Athens, until it was slain by Theseus.
MIS: mullerian inhibiting substance. It is produced by the fetal testis, and
its function is to vestigiate the primordial mullerian ducts, thus preventing the
development of a uterus and fallopian tubes in the male.
Miscegenation: interbreeding of races; in U.S. usage, interbreeding of, in
particular, white and black.
Mixophilia: see scoptophilia.
Mixoscopia: a paraphilia of the solicitational/allurative type in which
sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to, and
dependent upon watching others engaging in sexual intercourse [from Greek, mixis,
intercourse + skopein, to examine] The reciprocal paraphilic condition is
autagonistophilia. Synonyms, scoptolagnia; scoptophilia. See also troilism.
Monecious: denoting species in which male and female reproductive organs
occur not in two different individuals but in the same individual [from Greek, monos,
single + oikos, house]. Synonym, monoecious. Antonym, diecious.
Monistic: single or whole; not dualistic or pluralistic.
Monomorphism (adjective, monomorphic): having not male and female, but only
one sexual form or manifestation in a species as, for example, in those species of lizard
that reproduce by parthenogenesis. Antonym, dimorphism.
Monosexual (noun, monosexuality): characterized by either exclusively
heterosexual or exclusively homosexual contacts either in genital acts or as a long-term
sexuoerotic status [from Greek, mono, single + sex]. Antonym, bisexual.
Morphodite: colloquialism for hermaphrodite.
Morphophilia: one of a group of paraphilias of the stigmatic/eligibilic type
in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm are responsive to
and contingent on a partner whose body characteristics are selectively particularized,
prominent, or different from one's own [[the bodily characteristics of the partner are
selectively particularized, prominent, or essential as a prerequisite to sexuoerotic
arousal and the facilitation or attainment of orgasm]] [from Greek, morphe, form +
-philia).
Motivation theory: in psychology, the theory that internal forces and
purposes determine human responsivity.
Mount: together with thrusting, the penovaginal part of sexual intercourse.
In human beings, either sex may get in position to mount the other, whereas in most other
animals, the female presents, and the male mounts. See also coitus; coupulate; copulation;
intercourse.
M|llerian duct structures: [mullerian ducts] the structures in the fetus
that will, in the female, develop into the uterus and fallopian tubes; named for Johannes
P. M|ller, German physiologist (1801-1848). See also wolffian duct structures; wolffian
ducts.
M|llerian-inhibiting hormone: a hormone produced by the fetal testis. Its
function is to vestigiate the primordial m|llerian ducts, thus preventing the development
of a uterus and fallopian tubes in the male.
Multiphilia: the compulsive condition of recurrent limerence or falling in
love and pair-bonding with a new partner for a period of limited duration. It is one of
the manifestations of ultraertia. The degree of pair-bondedness with the partner, despite
its brevity, distinguishes multiphilia from nymphomania and satyriasis (Don Juanism).
Multiple personality: split personality; a mental condition in which a
person experiences him/herself as two or more different people, differently named, and
with major extremes in behavior and life-style, each dissociated from the other, with
variable degrees of overlap and shared memory or mutual amnesia Paraphilic sex crimes are
commonly committed in a fugue-like, or dual-personality state Transvestophiles have a male
and a female personality. See also dissociate; fugue; personality; schizophrenia.
Multiplexed paraphilia: a situation in which a person may mainifest several
paraphilic syndromes synchronously with one another.
Multivariate: having more than one variable, or caused by more than one
determinant.
M|nchausen's syndrome: a factitious or sham illness or condition in which
the symptoms mimic those of another illness but are clandestinely produced by the patient
in himself or herself; or, by proxy, by a parent in his/her child [named for Baron von
M|nchausen (1720-1797), author of fantastic and confabulatory tales].
Mutable: transient and able to be changed.
Mysophilia (adjective, mysophilic): 1. a paraphilia of the
fetishistic/talismanic type in which sexuoerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of
orgasm are responsive to, and contingent onself-degradation and self-defilement by
smelling, chewing or otherwise utilizing sweaty or soiled clothing or articles of
menstrual hygiene [from Greek, mysos, uncleanness + -philia] 2. the condition in which a
person is dependent on something soiled or filthy, for example, sweaty underwear or used
menstrual pads, in order to obtain erotic arousal and facilitate or achieve orgasm. There
is overlap between mysophilia, coprophilia, and urophilia. There is no technical term for
the reciprocal paraphilic condition, namely [of supplying]{being the provider of} the
mysophilic materials.
Myxedematous psychosis: a severe mental illness characterized by depression
and watery swelling of the body's tissues brought on by failure of the thyroid gland,
which is in the throat near the larynx, to secrete its thyroid hormone.
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