Mapeh exam

• Sexual orientation is about who you're attracted to and who you feel drawn to romantically, emotionally, and sexually.
• Gender identity isn't about who you're attracted to, but about who you ARE — male, female, genderqueer, etc.
• Three Dimensions Involved:

  Biological

  Psychological

  Sociocultural

  
  

  They all relate to and interact with each other, and work together to produce and influence an individual’s total sexuality - which is part of the total personality.
• Biological

  This involves the physical appearance, especially the development of physical sexual characteristics, responses to sexual stimulation, ability to reproduce or to control fertility, and growth and development.
• symbol of the Roman goddess Venus is often used to represent the female sex and is also the chemical symbol for copper.
• symbol is usually interpreted as the shield and spear of the Roman war god Ares. It was first used to denote the effective gender of plants by Carolus Linnaeus in 1751.
• Physcological

  Body image & self image affect one psychologically. A positive body image lends to a feeling of overall wellness, while a negative self-image can lead to abuse and/or psychological disorders. 

  One's attitudes and feelings toward oneself and other people begin to develop very early in life.
• Religious Influences

  These religious and spiritual beliefs influence feelings about morality, sexual behaviors, premarital sexual behavior, adultery, divorce, contraception, abortion, and masturbation.
• Multicultural Influences

  Culture influences one's sexuality and sexual expressions - beliefs regarding appropriate partner/s, appropriate age of marriage, family and household systems, differences in values, expectations, etc.
• Ethical Influences

  Ethics and religion often provide the framework within which people judge the rightness or wrongness of sexual activity and expressions. They influence the way individuals of the society regard sexuality & behavior.
• Young people are influenced by a range of individual and social factors. They are the most vulnerable to reproductive and sex issues than the others.
• 1. SELF

  Your "self" influences how you think and feel based on what you believe, how you see yourself, and what's happened to you in the past.
• The adolescent should be guided to develop the following attitudes and practices on sexuality:

  • Accept and gain respect for his/her body.
  • Be aware of sexuality issues.
  • Take responsibility for own behaviors.
  • Attain highest standard of sexual health, including access to sexual and reproductive health care services.
• FAMILY

  The normal and usual place for forming young people to consolidate and exercise the virtues of charity, temperance, fortitude, and chastity. The family is the school of the richest humanity.
• Parents must find time to be with their children and take time to talk with them. Children are more important than work, entertainment, and social position.
• The family should guide the adolescent to develop the following attitudes and practices on sexuality:

  ● Communicate with family effectively.

  ● Express love and concern to parents, siblings, and family.

  ● Perform duties and responsibilities at home
• Peers and Friends

  Sexual rights embrace human rights already recognized in national laws, international human rights documents, and other consensus statements.
• Peers and friends should help to develop the following attitudes and practices on sexuality:

  ● Express love and intimacy in appropriate ways.

  ● Interact with both genders effectively.

  ● Respect both genders in all aspect.

  ● Pursue a satisfying, safe, and pleasurable sexual life.
• School and Church

  The church and the school play a vital role in helping parents influence their adolescents' understanding about sexuality and to help them make responsible and healthy sexual choices now and in the future. Many religious traditions and schools promote a sexual ethic that is summarized as chastity in singleness and fidelity in marriage.
• Mass Media

  Exposure to media messages is a part of today's life, and the youth can be guided to direct their energies to what is worth paying attention to. With teenagers exposed to the mass media, they tend to absorb other people's opinions and start looking up to different celebrities. Teenagers emulate them and are influenced to change their attitudes and behaviors too
• Today we all live in a 21st Century media-oriented world. By creating an image appealing to the youth, media controls the variety of material the youth incorporate in their daily lives.
• Given this reality, the youth must be guided to:

  ● Develop their own capacity for moral sexual decision-making.

  ● Provide them with accurate information about sexuality.

  ● Model positive, healthy, and joyful attitudes in our own relationships.
• Sexual health is about having a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships.
• family is the best environment to provide children with gradual education in sexual life.
• To respect a person's sexual rights is a manifestation of respect for human rights.
• Pro-Life Philippines Foundation is a non- governmental organization (NGO) whose goal is to promote human values and dignity of life. It sponsors seminars on sexuality as part of its campaign to educate teachers, catechists, and parents on how to deal with teen sexuality.
• 2012 Reproductive Health and Responsible Parenthood Act was ruled by the Supreme Court in the final decision and was issued in favor of the law on April 8, 2013
• 2012 Reproductive Health and Responsible Parenthood Act

  a groundbreaking law that guarantees universal and free access to nearly all modern contraceptives for all citizens
• Church cannot have the same vision of the law's supporters.
• They will continue to uphold the sanctity of human life and will fight any attempt to destroy it.
• According to Erik Erikson, a psychologist, identity crisis is the failure to achieve one's identity during adolescence.
• Conflicts are experienced not only during adolescent stage but at various points in one's life.
• It is important that they feel loved and accepted as they move through their adolescence stage
• Heterosexuality - This is the sexual attraction to the opposite sex. Heterosexuals' sexual practices are subject to laws in different places. Mostly those whose religion has a strong influence on social policy, marriage laws serve the purpose of encouraging people to have sex only within marriage.
• Homosexuality - This is the sexual attraction to the same sex. People with a homosexual orientation can express their sexuality in a variety of ways.
• Premarital Sex - This is any sexual activity with an opposite sex partner or with a same sex partner before he/she starts a married life
• Aside from the emotional fallout of having sex at an early age, teens also expose themselves to the risk of sexually transmitted diseases in addition to an unwanted pregnancy
• Teenage Pregnancies - Health risks associated to teenage mothers are dangers of young reproductive organs not ready for birth, poor nutrition during pregnancy, and maternal death.
• Reasons for teenage pregnancy include: unplanned sexual encounters, peer pressure, lack of information on safe sex, lack of good female role models in the family, and absence of accessible, adolescent-friendly clinics.
• Abortion- The intentional termination of pregnancy after conception. It allows women to put an end to their pregnancies. Unintended pregnancy is one of the main causes of abortion.