yr 10 Health

• What are some physical warning signs?

  • butterflies in stomach
  • sweating/shivering
  • heart beating fast
• What are some emotional warning signs?

  • scared
  • worried
  • anxious
• What are some external warning signs?

  • nobody nearby
  • time of day (night)
  • other people's behaviour
• Risk: a situation involving exposure to high danger.
• Consent relates to permission and how to show respect for ourselves and other people. If you are uncomfortable at any point, you have the right to stop.
• Consent must be given when involving sexual behaviours, and it means that they are clearly and freely agreeing to sexual activities.
• Consent cannot be given when someone is...

  • drunk or under the influence of drugs
  • asleep
  • unconscious
  • not mentally capable of understanding what's going on
  • feeling pressured, forced, or threatened.
  • under the age of 16 (in WA).
• Consent F.R.I.E.S.

  • freely given
  • reversible
  • informed
  • enthusiastic
  • specific
• Sexting is the sending of provocative or sexual photos, messages, or videos. They are generally sent using mobile phones but can also include posting this type of material online.
• The intimate image laws do three things

  • create a new offence against distributing an intimate image of a person without their consent.
  • empower courts to make rectification or 'take down' order in relation to the image
  • criminalise the threat to distribute an intimate image.
• Sex: refers to the biological attributes that define people as either male or female, a combination of male or female, or neither male or female. These biological attributes include chromosomes, hormones, and physical anatomy.
• Intersex: an umbrella term for people born with sex characteristics that do not fit medical norms for female or male bodies. Intersex traits include a wide range of hormonal, genetic, and gonadal differences that may be diagnosed at any time in their life. Intersex is not about.
• Gender: generally understood as a social and cultural construct. A person's gender identity or gender expression is not always exclusively male or female, and may or may not correspond to their sex.
• Gender Diverse: a broad term that can refer to all forms of gender identity and gender expression, and includes people who may identify, as for example, trans, transgender, genderqueer, or gender questioning. It refers to people whose gender identity differs from the gender identity generally associated with their sex assigned at birth or society's expectations. The person may identity as neither male nor female or both.
• Sexual diversity: refers to a diverse range of different sexualities, identities, and romantic or sexual attractions. This term includes those who may identify as same sex attracted, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, or something else.
• Phobia: The fear, intolerance, and/or discrimination of people who identify as shown below. These attitudes can be linked with hostility, verbal and physical abuse, prejudice, or discrimination.

  • same sex attracted (homophobia)
  • transgender, gender diverse or gender non-conforming (transphobia)
  • Bisexual (biphobia)
• Gender stereotypes can influence

  • career
  • actions (clothing, sports, interests)
• Chlamydia

  • transmission = fluid
  • Curable = yes
  • Long-term consequences if not treated = pelvic inflammatory disease, and infertility.
• Gonorrhoea

  • transmission = fluid
  • curable = yes
  • Long-term consequences if not treated = pelvic inflammatory disease, and infertility.
• Syphilis

  • transmission = fluid and skin
  • curable = yes, if caught early
  • Long-term consequences if not treated = damage to circulatory and nervous system
• Genital warts

  • transmission = skin
  • curable = warts can be removed but you still have the virus
  • Long-term consequences if not treated = warts multiply
• Genital Herpes

  • transmission = fluid and skin
  • curable = no
  • Long-term consequences if not treated = reoccurring outbreaks.