SEXUAL SELF

• Assigned sex is a label that you are given at birth based medical factors.

  ▪ XX - female

  ▪ Xy - male
• Secondary of Sex Charactaristics

  These are physical features that appear during puberty
• Secondary sexual characteristics - thenonreproductive traits such as breast and hips ingirls and facial hair and deepening of voice in boys -develop. Pubic hair and hair in the armpit grow in bothsexes.
• Sex - Biological sex at birth; Assigned sex at birth
• Gender - Social construct, learned socially created roles. Relational anchored by societal norms, expectations, and beliefs ones role
• Gender Identity - the complex personal qualities, self-perceptions, attitudes, values and preferences that guide one’s sexual behavior.
• Sexual Orientation - is a component of sexuality and is characterised by enduring emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to a particular gender
• three main sexual orientations:

  • Homosexuality, which involves attraction to someone of the same sex
  • Heterosexuality, which involves attraction to someone of the opposite sex
  • Bisexuality, which involves attraction to members of either sex
• Erogenous zones are the surface areas of the human body (i.e, lips,genitalia, etc.)that, when stimulated,produce erotic or sexual sensations and reactions
• Sexual Response Cycle

  Phase 1 Sexual Arousal - excitement involves a combination of mental and sensory stimulation.

  Phase 2 The plateau phase - occurs just before orgasm; in this phase, sexual arousal becomes more pronounced.

  Phase 3 Orgasm - is the climax of sexual excitement that is pleasurable and releases tension.

  Phase 4 Resolution phase - The body returns to its normal state after orgasm. In men, the erection is lost, the testes decrease in size, and the skin of the scrotum thins again.
• Components of Love

  
  

  Intimacy - feelings of closeness or attachment to another person

  Passion - Feelings of sexual attraction to another person

  Commitment - plans to remain with someone for the long term.
• Sexual Intercourse - also known as copulation and coitus, is the reproductive act wherein the male organ or penis enters the female's reproductive tract or vagina
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  They are diseases that can only transfer through an exchange of body fluids(saliva, blood, semen,etc.)
• Herpes - Causes cold, red sores on spot of contact.Cold sores over the infected area Blisters that eventually erupt Increased salivationBad breath In rare cases: difficulty in swallowing, hearing problems, and chills
• Gonorrhea - A common sexually transmitted bacterial infection that sometimes produces a cloudy, smelly discharge and a burning sensation upon urination.
• Chlamydia - A bacterium that is spread by sexual contact and that affects both males and females - has rapidly become one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases and continues to be widespread
• HIV - The only type of virus known to attack Lymphocytes: the bodies natural defense system. Common Symptoms: Fever, Fatigue, Aching muscles, swollen throat, joint pain, Headache, Skin rash
• AIDS - Refers to a set of symptoms and illnesses that occur at the very final stage of HIV infection.
• companionate love, a kind of loving but practical relationship based primarily on emotional closeness and commitment
• consummate love, a compete and balanced love characterised by emotional closeness, sexual intimacy, and commitment between partners.