UNIT 2 - The Physical Aspects of the Self

• Physical Self - tangible aspect of the person that can be directly observed and examined as we interact with our environment and fellow beings.
• Self-Concept - totality of perceptions that each person has of themselves.
• Self Concept - A person's self perception

  • Self Image - How you see yourself
  • Self Worth - How you value yourself
  • Ideal Self - Who you want to be
• Circles of Sexuality

  • Sensuality
  • Intimacy
  • Sexual Identity
  • Sexual Health and Reproduction
  • Sexual Power
• Sexuality affects our behavior in several ways

  • Need to understand anatomy and physiology
  • Physical attraction
  • Satisfying skin hunger
  • Fantasy
• Intimacy

  • Liking or loving another person
  • Caring and Sharing
  • Emotional Risk-taking
  • Self-disclosure
• Sexual Identity

  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Role
  • Sexual Orientation
• Sexual Health and Reproduction

  • Factual information about reproduction
  • Feelings and attitudes
  • Sexual intercourse
  • Contraceptive information
• Factual information about reproduction - is necessary to understand how male and female reproductive systems work and how conception occurs.
• Feelings and attitudes - are wide-ranging when it comes to sexual behavior and reproduction, especially health-related topics such as sexually transmitted diseases and the use of contraception.
• Sexual intercourse- is one of the most common human behaviors, capable of producing sexual pleasure and/or pregnancy.
• Three types of intercourse

  • Oral
  • Anal
  • Vaginal
• Cunnilingus - oral sex performed on a vulva or vagina
• Fellatio - oral sex act consisting of the stimulation of the penis
• Contraceptive information - describes all available contraceptive methods, how they work, where to obtain them, their effectiveness and side effects.
• Sexual Power Over Others - using sex or sexuality to influence, manipulate, or control other people such as seduction, flirtation, harassment, sexual abuse or rape.
• Sexual Health and Reproduction - one’s capacity to reproduce and the behaviors and attitudes that make sexual relationships healthy, physically and emotionally.
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION - an innate or immutable enduring physical, emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to another person
• GENDER IDENTITY- is how you feel inside; one's innermost sense of being male or female, a blend of both or neither
• GENDER ROLE - knowing what it means to be male or female, or what a man or woman can or cannot do because of their gender.
• Sexual Identity - Understanding of who you are sexually; including the sense of being male or female, culturallydefined gender roles, and sexual orientation
• Intimacy - The ability and need to be EMOTIONALLY CLOSE to another human being and have that closeness returned.
• Sensuality - awareness and feeling about your own body and other people’s bodies.
• Sex - refers to the physical characteristics that identify a person as either male or female that are determined by nature.
• Sexuality - a central aspect of being human throughout life encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction.
• Human Sexual Behavior - any activity that induces sexual arousal.
• Anal Intercourse - according to APA, it is a form of sexual activity in which pleasure is achieved through the insertion of the penis into the anus. Also called coitus analis.
• Oral-genital stimulation - stimulating your partner’s genital with your mouth, lips or tongue.
• Celibacy - abstain from sexual activity; also known as abstinence
• Masturbation - the induction of a state of erection of the genital organs and achievement of orgasm by touching your own genitals for sexual stimulation
• Kissing and erotic touching - also called intimate touching
• Sexual fantasies - almost any mental imagery that is sexually arousing or erotic to the individual
• Traditional or coital - defined as sexual intercourse
• Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease

  • Chlamydia
  • Gonorrhea
  • Syphilis
• Viral Sexually Transimitted Disease

  • HIV
  • Genital Herpes
  • Human Papillomavirus
• Syphilis - is the STD that is famously known for causing a painless sore, called a chancre, at the point where the bacterium enters the body.
• Gonorrhea - burning during urination, causes a wonderful colorful discharge from the penis in men. It is usually pretty yellow, green, or white in color and can also cause the testicles to become very painful.
• Human Papillomavirus - this is a virus that has been linked to causing warts and cervical cancer.
• Genital Herpes - a sexually transmitted infection mainly caused by a virus called herpes simplex virus 2. This virus is in the same family that causes the cold sores that pop up on your lip for everyone to see.
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus - It is a virus that can be transmitted by anal, oral, or vaginal sex with an infected person, as well as through breast milk, during childbirth, and by coming into contact with the blood of another infected person.