Terms starting with F

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• Facebook officialDating-app slang & abbreviationsPublicly confirming a relationship on social media, originally by changing a Facebook relationship status, now more often through a shared post.
• Fallopian tubesBody & healthThe fallopian tubes are two narrow tubes that carry an egg from each ovary towards the uterus. Fertilisation usually happens inside one of them.
• Fawn responsePsychology of intimacyThe fawn response is a stress reaction in which a person tries to stay safe by appeasing, complying with or placating whoever feels threatening.
• Fear of intimacyPsychology of intimacyAnxiety about becoming emotionally or physically close to another person, which can lead someone to keep partners at a distance.
• Female genital mutilationBody & healthFemale genital mutilation (FGM) covers procedures that injure or remove part of the external female genitals for non-medical reasons. It has no health benefits and is recognised internationally as a human rights violation.
• Femdom 18+Kink & BDSMFemale dominance: kink dynamics in which a woman takes the dominant role, sometimes extended into a 'female-led relationship'.
• FemmeGender & identityA term, especially in queer communities, for a person whose style and manner are feminine, often as a conscious, celebrated identity.
• FertilityBody & healthFertility is the natural ability to conceive a pregnancy or to contribute to one. It depends on healthy eggs, sperm, reproductive organs and hormones.
• Fertility awarenessContraceptionFertility awareness is a way of preventing or planning pregnancy by tracking body signs to identify the fertile days of the menstrual cycle.
• Fetish 18+Kink & BDSMA strong sexual interest focused on a particular object, material, body part or situation that is not usually thought of as sexual in itself.
• Financial abuseConsent & boundariesFinancial abuse is controlling a partner's access to money, work or resources in order to limit their independence.
• FleabaggingDating-app slang & abbreviationsRepeatedly dating people who are wrong for you, despite knowing the pattern.
• ForeskinBody & healthThe foreskin is the retractable fold of skin that covers the glans (tip) of the penis in people who have not been circumcised.
• Four horsemenPsychology of intimacyThe four horsemen are four communication patterns identified by John Gottman as strong predictors of relationship breakdown: criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling.
• Freeze responseConsent & boundariesThe freeze response is an automatic stress reaction in which a person becomes unable to move, speak or resist when they feel threatened.
• Friend zoneDating-app slang & abbreviationsSlang for being seen only as a friend by someone you are romantically interested in.
• FRIES consent modelConsent & boundariesFRIES is a memory aid for the qualities of meaningful consent: Freely given, Reversible, Informed, Enthusiastic and Specific.
• FWBDating-app slang & abbreviationsShort for "friends with benefits": two people who are friends and also have a sexual relationship, without being romantic partners.