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• Edge play 18+Kink & BDSMKink activities that carry a higher risk of serious physical or psychological harm, or that push close to a participant's limits.
• EggGender & identityCommunity slang for a person who seems to be trans but has not yet realised or accepted it. When they do, their egg is said to crack.
• Emergency contraceptionContraceptionEmergency contraception is a method used after unprotected sex or contraceptive failure to reduce the chance of pregnancy.
• Emergency contraceptive pillContraceptionThe emergency contraceptive pill is a single-dose tablet taken after unprotected sex that mainly works by delaying ovulation.
• Emotional affairRelationships & datingA close, secretive emotional bond with someone outside a relationship that crosses the partners' agreed boundaries, even without physical contact.
• Emotional availabilityPsychology of intimacyEmotional availability is the capacity and willingness to engage with feelings, both one's own and a partner's, and to be present in a relationship.
• Emotional floodingPsychology of intimacyEmotional flooding is a state of being so physically and emotionally overwhelmed during conflict that clear thinking and listening become very difficult.
• Emotional intimacyPsychology of intimacyEmotional intimacy is the sense of being able to share feelings, fears and hopes with someone and have them met with care rather than judgement.
• EndometriosisBody & healthEndometriosis is a long-term condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body, most often in the pelvis, causing inflammation, pain and sometimes fertility problems.
• EnmeshmentPsychology of intimacyEnmeshment describes relationships in which personal boundaries are so blurred that individuals struggle to have separate feelings, choices or identities.
• Enthusiastic consentConsent & boundariesEnthusiastic consent is an approach that looks for genuine, positive wanting from everyone involved, rather than reluctant or pressured agreement.
• EpididymitisBody & healthSwelling and pain in the epididymis, the coiled tube behind each testicle, usually caused by an infection.
• Erectile dysfunctionBody & healthErectile dysfunction is an ongoing difficulty getting or keeping an erection firm enough for the sex a person wants. Occasional difficulty is normal and not the same thing.
• EstrogenBody & healthEstrogen (oestrogen) is a group of hormones, produced mainly by the ovaries, that regulate the menstrual cycle and support bone, heart, skin and vaginal health.
• Ethical non-monogamyRelationships & datingAny relationship style in which people have more than one romantic or sexual partner with the knowledge and agreement of everyone involved.
• ExclusiveRelationships & datingAn agreement between two people who are dating to stop seeing or pursuing anyone else.
• Expedited partner therapySTIsExpedited partner therapy is the practice of giving a person diagnosed with an STI a prescription or medicine to pass on to their partner, without the partner seeing a clinician first.