les femmes américaines are less complicated:

sex is sex is sex is sex
until it rises to the status of
MET•A•PHOR

Pronunciation: \me-tə-fȯr also -fər\
Function: noun
Example 1: la petite mort
Example 2: body language

can be lost in translation
and is not universal:

french kissing requires the same
function of langue, but [dexterity aside]
meanings can vary depending on if
you stress your "r's"
or keep them silent.

[from france gall's "les sucettes" music video,
circa 1966]

unfortunately, ms. gall didn't know how to read
in between the lines.

[naughty boy, serge.]