Sexual Self

• Refers to a broad spectrum in which humans display their sexuality.

  The Sexual Self
• Consists of the actions that relate to sex, reproduction, and satisfaction through stimulation of sexual organs.

  The Sexual Self
• Defined as any activity – solitary, between two persons or

  in a group – that induces sexual arousal.

  Human Sexual Behavior
• The inherited sexual response patterns.

  Human Sexual Behavior
• The degree of restraint or other types of influence exerted on the individual by society in the expression of his sexuality.

  Human Sexual Behavior
• • The most important part of male reproductive organ
  • Source of spermatozoa (male germ cell)

  Testis
• A sac of skin where the two testes are enveloped; directly below and outside of the abdomen

  Scrotum
• • A gland that carries out both urine and seminal fluid.
  • Connected by sperm ducts from sperm ducts joining into single tuber celled urethra.
  • Urethra then leads to the outside of the body.

  Prostate glands
• • Where the ejaculation occurs by sending sperm cell from testis and secrete out.

  Penis
• It is a male gamete, one that necessary for the egg to develop and become a baby.

  Sperm
• • A pair of small, oval organs which produces oba (ovum: female germ cells)
  • Thousands of ova will mature and will be taken up to fallopian tube through the uterus of the time of puberty.

  Ovary
• Pair of thin tubes that leads from ovaries to the uterus.

  Fallopian Tube
• Womb; a hollow pear-shaped elastic muscular structure where fertilized ovum (zygote) develops into a baby.

  Uterus
• A tube leading to outside of the body through an opening called the vulva


  Vagina
• These are part of the body that particularly sensitive to touch, pressure and vibration which contributes to sexual arousal.

  Erogenous Zone
• Female and male erogenous zone are reproductive organ (vagina, penis, scrotum & clitoris), mouth (lips), neck, breast (nipples) and ears.
• • subjective sense of sexual pleasure
  • Male – penile tumescence (erection)
  • Female – vasocongestion (vaginal lubrication and nipple erection)

  Arousal Phase
• A Phase of Sexual Response which can last from a few minutes to several hours

  Excitement Phase
• A Phase of Sexual Response which extends to the brink of orgasm

  Plateau Phase
• the climax of the sexual response cycle.

  Orgasm Phase
• where the decrease of arousal (particularly in male) happens.

  Resolution Phase
• a sexual attraction and behavior directed to other sex. More than male-female intercourse, it involves kissing, petting, caressing, massaging and other form of sexual activities.

  Heterosexuality
• a romantic and/or sexual attraction between

  members of same sex.

  Homosexuality
• are person who can be romantically or sexually

  attracted to same sex and the other sex.

  Bisexuality
• These are people who believed they were born with the body of the other gender.

  Transsexuality
• These are people who view themselves as a third gender, they are transvestites (who wears clothes of the other gender) or those who believed that traditional male-female classifications inadequately characterized them.

  Transgenderism
• are type of birth control that depend with observations on woman’s body

  Natural Contraception
• diverse method of contraception using to prevent conception of a woman.

  Artificial Method
•  Abstinence

   Calendar method

   Lactation amenorrhea

   Coitus interruptus

  Natural Contraception
•  Oral contraception

   Transdermal patch,

   Vaginal ring

   Subdermal implants

   Hormonal injection,

   Intrauterine device (IUD)

   Chemical barriers

   Diaphragm

   Cervical cap

   Male and female condom

   Surgical methods

   (vasectomy and tubal ligation).

  Artificial Method
• Most effective way of birth control.

  Abstinence
• Also called as the Rhythm Method.

  • It involves avoiding coitus during the days that the woman is fertile.

  Calendar Method
• Done by monitoring the changes in the woman’s temperature every morning before any activity.

  Basal body temperature
• Here the basis is the changes in the cervical mucus during the ovulation.

  Cervical Mucus Method
• It is a combination of Basal Body Temperature (BBT) and Cervical Mucus Method.

  Symptothermal Method
• It is an over-the-counter kit that requires a urine specimen to detect the Luteinizing Hormone (LH) to predict ovulation.

  Ovulation Detection
• This is exclusive for breastfeeding woman. Thus, it should be noted that the woman is advise to choose other method after period of three months or if the mother is not exclusively breastfeeding or is using formula drink for the baby.

  Lactation Amenorrhea Method
• The oldest method of contraception.

  • This is where the couple proceeds with coitus but the moment he ejaculates, the men withdraw before emit spermatozoa outside of the vagina.

  Coitus Interruptus
• It is known as the “Pill”.

  • Contains synthetic estrogen and progesterone.
  • It is recommended to take the pill on the first Sunday after the beginning of the menstrual flow.

  Oral Contraception
• It is a patch applied in the following areas; upper outer arm, upper torso, abdomen or buttocks for three weeks

  Transdermal Patch