### Question
How is the term sexually explicit conduct defined?


### Answer
The term **sexually explicit conduct** is defined in *10 U.S.C. § 917a* as the following:

> actual or simulated genital-genital contact, oral-genital contact, anal-genital contact, or oral-anal contact, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex, bestiality, masturbation, or sadistic or masochistic abuse

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 917a*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 47-UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE > SUBCHAPTER X-PUNITIVE ARTICLES**

