Sexual Self
Commonly defined as “the ways
people experience and express
themselves as sexual beings.”
Sexuality
is a central aspect of being
human throughout life it encompasses
sex, gender identities and roles, sexual
orientation, eroticism, pleasure,
intimacy and reproduction
Sexuality
Asking about or admitting ignorance on the topic of sexuality in the Philippine culture seems to be ____________.
taboo or degrading
Sexual education is not to promote sexual intercourse but to promote good sexual health and safety from sexual violence.
AMEN !!!
Withholding information about sex and sexuality will not keep
children safe; it will only keep them ignorant,
Hauser, 2013
refers to a person’s characterization as female or male at birth,
typically based on the appearance of external genitalia or other
biological characteristics including chromosomes.
Sex
refers to social characteristics that may be or not be aligned
with a person’s sex and adopted by an individual as their gender
identity.
Gender
4 aspects of the Genderbread Person
Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Biological Sex, Sexual Orientation
Transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from
puberty to independence
Adolescence Period
scope of adolescence
12 - 22 years old
Early, Middle, Late adolescence
12-14, 15-17, 18-22
sexual maturation in which the person becomes capable
of producing
Puberty
__ years old for girls, __ years old for boys
11, 13
Primary sex characteristics
1. body structures made for sexual reproduction
2. Menarche
Body structures made for sexual reproduction
Ovaries, testes, and other external genitalia
Menarche
very 1st menstruation
Secondary sex charactersitics
non-reproductive sexual characteristics
Non-reproductive sexual characteristics
breast, hips, voice, body hair, etc.
1. start of puberty
2. tremendous physical growth: gain height and weight
3. greater sexual interest
Early Adolescence
Girl - breast and hip development, onset of menstruation
Boys - growth of testicles and penis, wet dreams, deepening of voice
Early Adolescence
Young women - typically fully developed
Young men - continue to gain height, weight, muscle mass, and body hair
Middle Adolescence
Puberty is completed
Physical growth slows for girls
Continues for boys
Late Adolescence
Pressures many adolescents face:
use of alcohol, cigarretes, drugs, and sexual relationships
Risks of pressures of adolescence
injuries, unintended pregnancies, and sti's
Any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual
comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, again a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.
Sexual Violence
8 Forms of sex violence
1. Rape
2. Sexual abuse / Molestation
3. Forced abortion
4. Sexual harrassment
5. Forced marriage
6. Violent acts againts sexual integrity
7. Sexual abuse of the disabled
8. Forced prostitution / trafficking
How to prevent sexual violence
1. Educate others
2. Filter what ideas you expose yourself to
3. Talk to people who can help and report
Concerned Agencies in Sexual Violence based on RA 9262
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW)
Civil Service Commission (CSC)
Commission on Human rights (CHR)
Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC)
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Philippine National Police (PNP)
Department of Health (DOH)
Department of Education (DepEd)
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); and
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)
refers to our sexual preferences towards males
and females, or both.
Sexual Orientation
is one’s concept of being male, female, both, or
neither and is “entirely determined by socialization (nurture), not
biological factors (nature).”
Gender Identity
5 Types of Sexual Orientation
1. Homosexual
2. Bisexual
3. Heterosexual
4. Pansexual/Omisexual
5. Asexual
Sexuality attracted to members of the
same sex.
Homosexual
Sexually attracted to people of both
sexes.
Bisexual
Sexually attracted to members of the
opposite sex.
Heterosexual
Can be sexually attracted to any sex or
gender identity.
Pansexual / Omisexual
Not sexually attracted to any sex or
gender.
Asexual
The “T” in LGBT, which stands for transgender or gender non-
conforming, pertains to ____________.
gender identity
In the acronym LGBT which stands for Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, “LGB” pertains to ___________
sexual orientation
4 Types of Gender Identity
1. Cisgender / Cis
2. Transgender / Trans
3. Agender
4. Non-binary
Gender Identity Consistent is with sex they
were assigned at birth.
Cisgender / Cis
Gender identity does not match the sex
they were assigned at birth.
Transgender / Trans
People who do not identify with any gender
Agender
People who do not identify strictly as a boy
or a girl—they could identify as both, or
neither, or as another gender entirely.
Non-binary
is one who transitions from one sex to another through undergoing several surgical procedures.
transsexual
Sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and gender identity are independent concepts. All could be ____ or _______.
fluid or changing
____ is anything that is pleasurable, sensitive areas of the body
where pleasure takes place called _______________
Sex, erogenous zone
If these psychosexual stages are completed successfully, the
result is a healthy personality. If certain issues are not resolved at the appropriate stage, _______ can occur.
fixation
a persistent focus on an earlier psychosexual stage.
Until this conflict is resolved, the individual will remain "stuck" in
this stage
fixation
Freud’s Psychosexual Stages of Development
1. Oral (0 - 18 mos)
2. Anal (18 - 36 mos)
3. Phallic (3 - 6 yrs)
4. Latency (6 - puberty)
5. Genital ( puberty on)
Focus: pleasure centers on the mouth - sucking, biting, chewing
Oral (0 - 18 mos)
Focus: Pleasure focuses on bowel and bladder elimination; coping with demands for control
Anal (18 -36 mos)
Focus: Pleasure zone is the genitals; coping with incestuous sexual feelings
Phallic (3 - 6 yrs)
Focus: a phase of dormant sexual feelings
Latency (6 - puberty)
Focus: maturation of sexual interests
Genital (puberty on)
2 complex during phallic stage
1. Oedipus Complex
2. Electra complex
a boy’s sexual desires toward
his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.
Oedipus comples
a girl’s sexual desires toward her father
Electra complex
3 stages of love
1. Lust
2. Attraction
3. Attachment
This is the first stage of love and is driven by the sex hormones testosterone and estrogen – in both men and women.
Lust
______ and ________ are the two basic types of
hormones present equally in men and women’s body that
excites the feeling of lust within the brain
Estrogen and Testosterone
- This phase is said to be one of the beautiful moments of life.
- This is the phase when a person actually starts to feel the love.
- This is the amazing time when you are truly love-struck and can think of little else.
Attraction
Scientists think that three main neurotransmitters are involved in this stage;
Adrenaline, Dopamine, and Serotonin
The initial stages of falling for someone activates your stress
response, increasing your blood levels of *--------* and cortisol.
This has the charming effect that when you unexpectedly bump into your love one, you start to sweat, your heart races and your mouth goes dry.
Adrenaline
Helen Fisher asked newly ‘love struck’ couples to have their brains examined and discovered they have high levels of the
neurotransmitter dopamine.
This chemical stimulates ‘desire and reward’ by triggering an intense rush of pleasure.
Fisher suggests “couples often show the signs of surging *------*: increased energy, less need for sleep or food, focused attention and exquisite delight in smallest details of this novel relationship”.
Dopamine
________ suggests “couples often show the signs of surging dopamine:
increased energy, less need for sleep or food, focused attention and exquisite delight in smallest details of this novel relationship”.
Helen Fisher
One of love's most important chemicals that may explain why when you’re falling in love, your new lover keeps popping into your thoughts.
Serotonin
Newly smitten lovers often idealise their partner, magnifying their virtues and explaining away their flaws says _____________, a leading researcher on the psychology of love.
Ellen Berscheid
Psychologists think we need this rose-tinted view. It makes us want to stay together to enter the next stage of love – _________
attachment
a bond helping the couple to take their relationship to
advanced levels. It instigates the feeling of bearing children and
falling in love with them wholeheartedly
Attachment
Scientists think there might be two major hormones involved in this feeling of attachment;
oxytocin and vasopressin
- " the cuddle hormone"
- a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm.
- It probably deepens the feelings of attachment and makes couples feel much closer to one another after they have had sex. The theory goes that the more sex a couple has, the deeper their bond becomes.
- also seems to help cement the strong bond between mum and
baby and is released during childbirth. It is also responsible for a mum’s breast automatically releasing milk at the mere sight or sound of her young baby.
Oxytocin
- is another important hormone in the long-term commitment
stage and is released after sex.
- (also called anti-diuretic hormone) works with your kidneys to control thirst. Its potential role in long-term relationships was discovered when scientists looked at the prairie vole.
Vasopressin
_________ indulge in far more sex than is strictly necessary for the purposes of reproduction.
They also – like humans - form fairly stable pair-bonds.
Prairie voles
Guides through the stages of love:
1. Don't mistake lust for love
2. Keep the dopamine flowing
3. Keep the oxytocin flowing
4. If jealous, develop own activities
Robert Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love
1. Passion
2. Intimacy
3. Commitment
The drive that leads to romance, physical attraction,
sexual consummation, and related phenomena.
Passioon
Feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondness in
loving relationships.
Intimacy
The decision that one loves someone else and….the
commitment to maintain that love.
Commitment
7 Combination of Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love
1. Liking - intimacy
2. Infatuated Love - passion
3. Empty Love - commitment
4. Companionate Love - commitment and intimacy
5. Romantic Love - intimacy and passion
6. Fatous Love - commitment and passion
7. Consummate Love - commitment, intimacy, and passion