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• Sexual self or sexual self-concept

  The totality of oneself as a sexual being, including positive and negative concepts and feelings
• Sexual self is as important as the other aspects of the self, which affects interpersonal relationships
• Sexuality


  One of the fundamental drives behind everyone's feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
• Components of sexuality


  • Sex
  • Gender
  • Sexual Orientation
• Sex


  Being male or female, determined biologically upon fertilization
• Gender

  The psychological sense of being male or female under social, cultural, and/or personal norms
• Sexual orientation

  The preference of a person for a romantic and sexual relationship
• Sexuality became a scientific inquiry in the works of Richard Von Krafft-Ebing and Henry Havelock Ellis

  20th century
• Richard Von Krafft-Ebing


  • Studied variations and deviations of human sexual behavior
  • Had mostly negative views of sexuality, such as believing masturbation caused all sexual deviations and problems
• Henry Havelock Ellis


  • First to extensively study the role of social and cultural factors of human sexual behavior and homosexuality
• After the works of these European physicians, Alfred C. Kinsey became a known figure in his researches about human sexual behaviors and activities
• The reproductive system is different from other body systems in that a person has the choice not to use it to its full capacity—to procreate thus individuals can decide not to reproduce
• Functions of the reproductive system

  • Produce hormones
  • Produce egg and sperm cells
  • Nurture the developing offspring
  • Transport and sustain these cells
• Fertility


  The capability to produce offspring
• Female fertility


  The possibility of getting pregnant when a sperm fertilizes a mature ovum during sexual intercourse
• Male fertility


  The capacity to fertilize a woman's mature egg during sexual intercourse, signified by "wet dreams" during puberty
• A man remains fertile through a lifetime
• Sperm can live inside the woman's body from 3 to 5 days, and an egg may be fertilized for up to 24 hours (one day) after it is released
• If pregnancy does not take place, menstruation will occur in about two weeks after the egg leaves the ovary
• Human sexual behavior


  A broad range of behaviors in which humans display their sexuality, containing both biological elements and cultural influences and involving sexual arousal with its physiological changes
• Types of sexual behavior

  • Solitary behavior (self-stimulation until sexual arousal to sexual climax)
  • Sociosexual activity (involving two or more persons heterosexually or homosexually)
• Erogenous zones


  Parts of the human body that are sensitive to any kind of physical touch, not just sexually, as these zones have a rich array of nerve receptors
• Known erogenous zones


  • Mouth
  • Anus
  • Genitals
  • Breasts
  • Neck
  • Ears
• There are individual differences in terms of attaining pleasure during stimulation of erogenous zones
• Phases of sexual response

  • Excitement phase
  • Plateau phase
  • Orgasm
  • Resolution phase
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

  Conditions caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, or parasites spread through sexual contact and other means such as sharing needles and breastfeeding
• Unprotected sexual intercourse may have contributed to 62 out of 100 reported cases of STIs and 29 out of 100 cases of HIV involving young people in the Philippines
• In the Philippines, 27% of young women ages 15-24 have begun childbearing, and an estimated 1,000 maternal deaths were attributed to abortion complications in 2008
• Thirty-three percent (33%) of the estimated 400,000 cases of abortions in the Philippines per year are contributed by teens
• Natural methods of contraception

  • Fertility Awareness-Based Methods
  • Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)
• Artificial methods of contraception

  • Hormonal contraceptive methods
  • Male condom
  • Long-acting and permanent methods