SEXUAL SELF

• Sexuality


  Any activity– solitary, between two persons, or in a group – that induces sexual arousal
• Sexuality


  • It affects our sexual behavior (sexual activity) that is associated as love-making
  • Sexual arousal and activity is a natural thing
• Reproductive system


  • An organ system by which reproduce and bear live offspring
  • It requires the union between the male and female reproductive system to which carries out to produce another life form
• Church condemning contraceptives (sees it as a form of killing)
• Testis


  • Most important part of male reproductive organ
  • It is the source of spermatozoa (male germ cell)
  • Start of reproduction
• Scrotum


  • Sac of skin where the two testes are enveloped
  • Regulates the body temperature needed form the production of sperm
• Prostate glands


  • Carries out both urine and seminal fluid
  • Connected by sperm ducts from sperm ducts joining into single tube called urethra
  • Bean-like shape
• Prostate cancer – common in men who are not active in sexual activities
• Penis


  • Where the ejaculation occurs by sending sperm cell from testis and secrete out
  • Not made of bone; vascular – erection
  • Parasympathetic stimulation will trigger the penis to erect
• Penile fracture – nababali (caused by too much pressure)
• Sperm


  Male gametes; one that is necessary for the egg to develop and become a baby
• Ovary


  • Pair of small, oval organs which produces ova (ovum; female germ cell)
  • Thousands of ova will mature and will be taken up to the fallopian tube through the uterus by the time of puberty
• Fallopian Tube


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


  • Hollow pear-shaped elastic muscular structure where fertilized ovum (zygote) develops into a baby
• Vagina


  • Tube leading to outside of the body through an opening called the vulva
• Cervical cancer – caused by unhygienic men's penis that penetrates the women's vagina (has treatment)
• Erogenous zones


  Parts of the body that are particularly sensitive to touch, pressure, and vibration which contributes to sexual arousal
• Identifying erogenous zone ("hot spots") gives different reaction and effect to a person
• For couples, there is this thing called "foreplay" wherein it is an initial activity before doing the sexual act (prior to intercourse). It makes the sexual activity intense and exciting
• Part of the requirements – "performance"
• Orgasm


  Ejaculation stage
• Some females reach resolution without releasing orgasms (they require time)
• Resolution


  Back to normal
• Natural method of contraception

  Type of birth control that depends with observations on woman's body through monitoring and recording different fertility signals during her menstrual cycle
• Natural methods of contraception

  • Abstinence
  • Calendar Method
  • Basal Body Temperature
  • Cervical Mucus Method
  • Symptothermal Method
  • Ovulation Detection
  • Lactation Amenorrhea Method
  • Coitus Interrupta
• Artificial methods of contraception

  • Oral Contraception
  • Transdermal patch
  • Vaginal ring
  • Subdermal implants
  • Hormonal injections
  • Intrauterine device
  • Vasectomy
  • Tubal Ligation
  • Chemical barriers
  • Diaphragm
  • Male Condom
  • Female Condom