Aktivitas seksual dapat mencakup berbagai faktor [[stimulasi seksual]] ([[Stimulus (fisiologi)|stimulasi fisiologis]] atau [[Stimulus (psikologi)|stimulasi psikologis]]), termasuk [[fantasi seksual]] dan [[posisi seks]], atau penggunaan [[mainan seks]].<ref name="Weiten, 2008">{{cite book|title=Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century|isbn = 978-0495553397|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2008|pages=422–423|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6QRJb40C84C&pg=PA422|author1=Wayne Weiten |author2=Margaret A. Lloyd |author3=Dana S. Dunn |author4=Elizabeth Yost Hammer}}</ref><ref name="Kar">{{cite book|author=Nilamadhab Kar|author2=Gopal Chandra Kar|title=Comprehensive Textbook of Sexual Medicine|publisher=[[Jaypee Brothers| Jaypee Brothers Publishers]]|pages=107–112|isbn=978-8180614057|year=2005|access-date=September 4, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxcjMPbGHQIC&pg=PA107}}{{Pranala mati|date=Maret 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Taormino">{{cite book|last=Taormino |first=Tristan |author-link=Tristan Taormino |title=The Big Book of Sex Toys|publisher=Quiver|year=2009 |access-date=June 9, 2014|page=52|isbn=978-1-59233-355-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hfly-iMkWRkC&pg=PA52}}</ref> [[Foreplay]] mungkin mendahului beberapa aktivitas seksual, sering kali akan meningkatkan [[gairah seksual]] pasangan.<ref name="Weiten, 2011">{{cite book|title=Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century|isbn =978-1-111-18663-0|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|year=2011|pages=384–386|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGu96TeAZo0C&pg=PT421 |author1=Wayne Weiten |author2=Dana S. Dunn |author3=Elizabeth Yost Hammer }}</ref> Seseorang juga biasanya akan merasa puas secara seksual dengan dicium, disentuh [[erotisme|secara erotis]], atau dipegang.<ref name="Alters2">{{cite book| author = Sandra Alters| author2 = Wendy Schiff|title =Essential Concepts for Healthy Living Update|publisher = [[Jones & Bartlett Publishers]] | year = 2011 | page = [https://archive.org/details/essentialconcept00sand_1/page/154 154] |isbn = 978-1449653743| url =https://archive.org/details/essentialconcept00sand_1| url-access = registration}}</ref>
