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A lesbian is a homosexual woman. The concept of "lesbian" to differentiate women with a shared sexual orientation evolved in the 20th century. Throughout history, women have not had the same freedom or independence as men to pursue homosexual relationships, but neither have they met the same harsh punishment as homosexual men in some societies. Instead, lesbian relationships have often been regarded as harmless, unless a participant attempts to assert privileges traditionally enjoyed by men. As a result, little in history was documented to give an accurate description of how female homosexuality was expressed. When early sexologists in the late 19th century began to categorize and describe homosexual behavior, hampered by a lack of knowledge about homosexuality or women's sexuality, they distinguished lesbians as women who did not adhere to female gender roles.

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Meeting women to date and marry is notoriously difficult for women seeking other females. Not only is same-sex love and marriage between two women so rarely represented in the media—there are still no equivalent rom-com meet cutes for women meeting women today—but the dating pool for queer women is just smaller roughly 5 percent of American females identify as LGBTQ. A friend of mine once ran a calculation in jest to prove that she and her wife statistically were meant to be, based on the exquisitely small percentage of potentially single, queer, Jewish women within her age group, alongside a smattering of other arbitrary qualities she liked. I know it sounds corny—but it is true!

Lesbians have the lowest risk of getting human immunodeficiency virus HIV due in large part to the types of sexual activities they engage in such as oral sex , which are less commonly associated with the infection. However, that does not mean that lesbians are, in general, less susceptible to other types of sexually transmitted infections. Not only do sexual minority women often believe they are at less risk for HPV than heterosexual women, but they may be less likely to receive preventive care such as vaccination and screening. Penile penetration is not required to spread HPV; all it takes is skin-to-skin contact with an infected person.