Sexual partners are people who engage in sexual activity together. The sexual partners may be in a committed relationship, either on an exclusive basis or not, or engage in the sexual activity on a Casual sex. They may be on intimate terms (in which case they are often referred to as "lovers") or Anonymity, Anonymous Sex – The Body as in the case of sex with a stranger, a one-night stand, or a prostitute. A person can be another person's sexual partner even if the sexual activity is illegal, socially taboo, or otherwise Infidelity. A person may have Monogamy or more than one sexual partner at any one time, either as polyamory, polygamy or in contravention of convention.
As such, the term sexual partner can be applied to both Sexual consent and Sexual assault sexual relationships.
A sexual partner may or may not have equal power during a sexual activity; such sexual "roles" (which can sometimes be determined by personality type but can also be determined by a conscious choice by the individual to "assume" a particular "role") typically fall under various dominance and submission categories.
An Ex partner is a person with whom the other partner does not intend to engage in any further sexual activity, while a prospective sexual partner is one with whom the person has not previously engaged in any sexual activity, but desires to do so.
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