<unk>  (or<unk>  sex or penitentiary sex) consists of sexual relationships between<unk> ers or between a<unk> er and a<unk>  employee or other persons to whom<unk> ers have access. Since<unk> s are usually separated by sex, most sexual activity is with a same-sex partner. Exceptions to this consist of sex during conjugal visits and sex with an employee of the opposite sex.<unk>  is an issue that has been commonly misunderstood and misrepresented due not only to the taboo nature of the subject, but also because of a lack of research. The most common kind of sexual activity in<unk> s is consensual sex. A 2011 study developed a taxonomy for different types of sexual behaviors in women's<unk> . They include suppression, in which an inmate chooses celibacy (i.e. refrains from sexual activity while in<unk> , most commonly to stay loyal to a partner who is outside of<unk> ; autoeroticism (i.e. masturbation); true homosexuality (consensual sex between inmates who were already homosexual before entering<unk> ; situational homosexuality (consensual sex between inmates who have homosexual experiences for the first time in<unk> ; and sexual violence (which can be between inmates or between a staff member and an inmate. Sexual violence includes coercion, manipulation, and compliance. Manipulation is performed for power or some kind of reward. Compliance occurs to obtain safety, protection, or out of fear). In general,<unk> er-prisoner relationships are same-sex relationships because<unk> s are generally segregated by sex. An example of an exception to this general rule took place in Canada at the Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines<unk> . There, two convicted killers of the opposite sex, Karla Homolka and Jean-Paul Gerbet, were able to engage in sexual activity through a chain-link fence, which was the only barrier separating men and women. This<unk>  is Canada's highest security<unk>  in which inmates of either sex may be sent if considered especially dangerous.
Prison sexuality
Self-hatred
Bullying in medicine
Sexual addiction
Sexually active life expectancy
Extended female sexuality
Effects and aftermath of rape
Somatic experiencing