Sex is the biological distinction of an organism between male and female. Sex or SEX may also refer to:

Biology and behaviour

* Animal sexual behaviour ** Copulation (zoology) ** Human sexual activity ** Non-penetrative sex, or sexual outercourse ** Sex drive, a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity **

Sexual intercourse Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion and thrusting of the penis into the vagina for sexual pleasure or reproduction.Sexual intercourse most commonly means penile–vaginal penetrat ...

, also called copulation or coitus * Gender, the distinction between male and female or

masculinity Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviors con ...

and femininity within an individual's gender identity ** Sex and gender distinction * Human sexuality * Mating types, a distinction of gametes, whether in anisogamous or isogamous species *

Sexing Through sexing, biologists and agricultural workers determine the sex of livestock and other animals they work with. The specialized trade of chicken sexing has a particular importance in the poultry industry. The sex of mammals can often be ...

, the act of discerning the sex of an animal * Sexual reproduction, a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, associated with the generation of new individuals, by means of meiosis and fertilization **

Genetic recombination Genetic recombination (also known as genetic reshuffling) is the exchange of genetic material between different organisms which leads to production of offspring with combinations of traits that differ from those found in either parent. In eukaryo ...

, the process of mixing genetic traits solely, occurring both in organisms with sexual or asexual reproduction

Art and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Sex'' (film), a 1920 film by Fred Niblo *'' Sex: The Annabel Chong Story'', a 1999 documentary film * "Sex" (''Kath & Kim'' episode) * ''Sex'' (TV series), an Australian television series

Literature

* ''Sex'' (book), a 1992 book by Madonna and Steven Meisel * ''Sex'' (play), a 1926 play by Mae West

Music

*SEX, pseudonym of American rapper Young Thug

Albums

* ''Sex'' (Elli Kokkinou album), 2005 * ''Sex'' (The Necks album), 1989 * ''Sex'' (The 1975 EP), 2012 * ''Sex'' (Tila Tequila EP), 2007 *''Sex'', by Telex, 1981 * ''Sex'' (Vintage album), 2009

Songs

* "Sex" (The 1975 song), 2012 * "Sex" (Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam song), 2016 * "S.E.X." (Lyfe Jennings song), 2006 * "Sex" (Lenny Kravitz song), 2014 * "Sex" (Mötley Crüe song), 2012 * "Sex" (Oomph! song), 1994 *" Sex (I'm A...)", by Berlin, 1983 *"Sex", by Eden from '' I Think You Think Too Much of Me'', 2016 *"SEX", by Frank Zappa from '' The Man from Utopia'', 1983 *"S.E.X.", by Nickelback from ''

Dark Horse A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, or a contestant that on paper should be unlikely to succeed but yet still might. Origin Th ...

'', 2008 *"Sex", by Rammstein from Untitled Rammstein album, 2019 * "Sexual" (song), by Neiked, featuring Dyo, 2016 *"Sexual", by Die Toten Hosen from '' Love, Peace & Money'', 1994 *"Sexual (Li Da Di)", by Amber from '' Amber'', 1999

Other uses

* Sextans or Sex, a constellation * Sex (boutique), in London *

SEX (computing) In computing, the SEX assembly language mnemonic has often been used for the "Sign EXtend" machine instruction found in the Motorola 6809. A computer's or CPU's "sex" can also mean the endianness of the computer architecture used. x86 computers do ...

, an assembly language mnemonic *

Sodium ethyl xanthate Sodium ethyl xanthate (SEX) is an organosulfur compound with the chemical formula . It is a pale yellow powder, which is usually obtained as the dihydrate. Sodium ethyl xanthate is used in the mining industry as a flotation agent. A closely rel ...

, or SEX, a chemical compound used in the mining industry *Sex-, the Latin prefix meaning 6 * Sex Peak, a mountain in Montana, United States