Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing organism produces male or female gametes. Sex, SEX or sexual may also refer to: *

Sexual intercourse Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity typically involving the insertion of the Erection, erect male Human penis, penis inside the female vagina and followed by Pelvic thrust, thrusting motions for sexual pleasure ...

, a sexual activity

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Sex'' (1920 film), an American silent drama * ''Sex'' (2024 film), a Norwegian drama * ''Sex'' (TV series), an Australian series * "Sex", a 1997 TV episode of ''

Brass Eye ''Brass Eye'' (stylised as brassEYE) is a British satirical television series parodying current affairs news programming. A series of six episodes aired on Channel 4 in 1997, and a further episode in 2001. The series was created and presented by ...

'' * "Sex", an episode of ''Kath & Kim'', 2002 * '' Sex: The Annabel Chong Story'', a 1999 documentary film

Literature

* ''Sex'' (book), by Madonna and Steven Meisel, 1992 * ''Sex'' (manga), a Japanese manga series by Atsushi Kamijo * ''Sex'' (play), by Mae West, 1926 *''Sexes'', an MDPI academic journal

Music

*SEX, pseudonym of American rapper Young Thug

Albums

* ''Sex'' (Elli Kokkinou album), 2005 * ''Sex'' (Telex album), 1981 * ''Sex'' (The Necks album), 1989 * ''Sex'' (The 1975 EP), 2012 * ''Sex'' (Tila Tequila EP), 2007 * ''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 (I'm a ...)", by Berlin, 1983 *"Sex", by Colette Carr, 2011 *"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.", a bonus track by Madonna on ''

Rebel Heart ''Rebel Heart'' is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released by Interscope Records on March 6, 2015. She worked on the album throughout 2014, co-writing and co-producing it with various musicians, including Di ...

'', 2015 *"S.E.X.", by Nickelback from ''

Dark Horse A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person, team or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, that is unlikely to succeed but has a fighting chance, unlike the underdog who is exp ...

'', 2008 *"Sex", by

Oomph! Oomph! is a German Rock music, rock band from Wolfsburg, formed in 1989. The band pioneered the movement. Their work contains lyrics in both English and German, with a shift towards German exclusively on recent albums (''GlaubeLiebeTod'', '' ...

from ''Sperm'', 1994 *"Sex", by Rammstein from the

untitled Rammstein album The untitled seventh studio album by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, titled ''Rammstein'' on digital platforms and on CD-Text enabled devices, was released on 17 May 2019 through Universal Music. Their first studio album in ten years, ...

, 2019 *''Sex'', a segment of '' R.O.S.E.'' by Jessie J, 2018 * "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 Amber is fossilized tree resin. Examples of it have been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since the Neolithic times, and worked as a gemstone since antiquity."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia ...

'', 1999 *"Sexual", by Nick Jonas from '' Spaceman'', 2021

Other uses

* Sex (boutique), in London * SEX (computing), an assembly language mnemonic *

Seax A ''seax'' (; also sax, sæx, sex; invariant in plural, latinized ''sachsum'') is a small sword, fighting knife or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration Period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons. The name comes f ...

, or sex, a knife used by ancient Germanic peoples *-sex, an Old English suffix meaning

Saxons The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...

, and used in place names such as Essex, Middlesex, and Wessex. *Sex, abbreviation of

Sextans Sextans is a faint, minor constellation on the celestial equator which was introduced in 1687 by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Its name is Latin for the astronomical sextant, an instrument that Hevelius made frequent use of in his obs ...

, a constellation * Sodium ethyl xanthate, a chemical compound *Sex-, the Latin prefix meaning 6 * Sex Peak, a mountain in Montana, United States * Sexing, the act of discerning the sex of an animal