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• Intersex people are born with physical or biological sex characteristics (including sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, and/or chromosomal patterns) that do not fit the traditional definitions of male or female.
• Sexual behavior is not always determined by an individual’s sexual orientation.
• Lesbian women and gay men are attracted to individuals of the same sex and/or gender identity as themselves.
• Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life that encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction.
• Consistent and correct use of the male latex condom reduces the risk for HIV infection and other STDs, including chlamydial infection, gonococcal infection, and trichomoniasis.
• Bisexual people may be attracted to individuals of the same or different sex and/or gender identity.
• Queer is an umbrella term which is commonly used to define lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and other people and institutions on the margins of mainstream culture.
• The term MSM is useful in identifying male sex workers whose clients include other men.
• An individual can be identified as MSM (men who have sex with men) regardless of whether or not they have sex with women or have a personal or social gay or bisexual identity.
• Sexuality is influenced by the intersection of biological, psychological, social, economic, political, cultural, legal, historical, religious, and spiritual factors.
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can have a range of signs and symptoms, including no symptoms.
• In choosing a method of contraception, dual protection from the simultaneous risk for HIV and other STDs also should be considered.
• Self-esteem can play a significant role in your motivation and success throughout your life.
• According to Kant, beauty judgements are not objective, but are nevertheless universal.
• Our physical self dictates how we act in front of others and defines how we will manage our self-esteem.
• Having a healthy self-esteem can help you achieve because you navigate life with a positive, assertive attitude and believe you can accomplish your goals.
• Bodily changes may undoubtedly change a person, but these changes do not necessarily imply a denial or loss of his identity.
• Self-esteem is vital in forming positive and healthy relationships with people around us.
• By assuming an attitude towards our bodily looks, we more or less integrate our appearance-related experiences in our lives, and thereby make these experiences part of our personal 'identity'.
• Low self-esteem may hold you from succeeding at school or work because you don't believe to be capable of success.
• Kant's idea of beauty is that it gives the observer a feeling of disinterested pleasure or liking.
• Changing a person's physical looks, e.g. by aesthetic surgery, does not necessarily make someone a different person, no matter how drastic the change.
• The characterization of a person includes experiences, values and beliefs, desires and psychological qualities, which together constitute someone as a person.
• Physical beauty is understood as experienced beauty in primarily a relational perspective.
• There are different religions with different beliefs and practices, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
• Vipassana practices aim at developing into reality and acquiring wisdom is by studying Buddha's teaching, the Dharma.
• Buddhism practices two types of meditation: samatha and vipassana.
• The body, soul, and spirit are separate and distinct entities, as evidenced by Hebrews 4:12 which states that the word of God is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• Christians believe in Trinitarian God.
• Participation to rituals is expressions of religious beliefs.
• Buddhists believe in non-violence principle and some of the major Buddhist celebrations are Parinirvana Day in February; Buddha Day (Wesak) in May; Dharma Day in July; Padmasambhava Day in October; and Sangha Day in November.
• Religion is defined as a set of cultural beliefs and practices that usually includes some or all of the following characteristics: belief in anthropomorphic supernatural beings, focus on the sacred, supernatural power or energy found on supernatural beings as well as physical beings and objects, performance of ritual activities that involves the manipulation of sacred objects to communicate to supernatural beings and/or influence or control events, articulation of worldview and moral codes through narratives and other means, and provision of creation and maintenance of social bonds and mechan
• Ritual is the performance of ceremonial acts prescribed by a tradition or sacred law.
• Samatha is practiced as mindfulness of breathing and development of loving-kindness (Metta Bhavana).
• The soul and the spirit are so close to one another that the two require the word of God to divide them, to separate them from each other.
• Buddhism believes that life is not a bed of roses and there are suffering, pain, and frustrations.
• Ritual is a specific, observable mode of behavior exhibited by all known societies and can be viewed as a way of defining or describing humans.
• For women who have recently had a baby and are breastfeeding, the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) can be used as birth control when three conditions are met: amenorrhea, fully or nearly fully breastfeeding, and less than 6 months after delivering a baby.
• LAM is a temporary method of birth control, and another birth control method must be used when any of the three conditions are not met.
• William James, a Harvard psychologist in the late nineteenth century, described understanding the self as examining its different components: constituents, self-feelings, self-seeking, and self-preservation.