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• William James


  considered body as initial source of sensation and necessary for the origin and maintenance of personality. It is an element of spiritual hygiene of supreme significance
• Wilhelm Reich


  argued that mind and body are one; all psychological processes, he postulated, are a part of physical processes, and vice versa.
• Sigmund Freud


  In Psychoanalytical school, construction of self and personality makes the physical body the core of human experience.
• Erik Erikson


  the role of bodily organs is especially important in early developmental stages of a persons life. Later in life, the development of physical as well as intellectual skills help determine whether the individual will achieve a sense of competence and ability to choose demanding roles in a complex society
• Carl Jung


  argued that the physical body and the external world can be known only as psychological experiences.
• B.F. Skinner


  says that the role of the body is of primary importance
• Self-esteem


  is vital on how we form positive and healthy relationships with people around us.
• Inflated Self-esteem


  these people hold high regards of themselves; better than others to the point of under-estimating the people other than themselves
• High Self-esteem


  this is a positive self-esteem which makes the person satisfied of themselves
• Low Self-esteem


  these people do not value themselves and do not trust their capabilities
• Human reproductive system


  an organ system by which reproduces and bear live offspring.
• Testis


  is the most important part of male reproductive organ. It is the source of Spermatozoa (male germ cell)
• Scrotum


  it is a sac of skin where the two testes are enveloped; directly below and outside of the abdomen.
• Prostate glands


  it is a gland that carries out both urine and seminal fluid. It is connected by sperm ducts from sperm ducts joining into single tube called urethra. Urethra then leads to the outside of the body through penis
• Penis


  it is where the ejaculation occurs by sending sperm cell from testis and secrete out.
• Sperm


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


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


  are pair of thin tubes that leads from ovaries to the uterus.
• Uterus


  (womb) it is a hollow pear-shaped elastic muscular structure where fertilized ovum (zygote) develops into a baby.
• Vagina


  It is a tube leading to outside of the body through an opening called the vulva
• Arousal phase


  is a subjective sense of sexual pleasure. The physiological sign in males is penile tumescence (erection) and vasocongestion to female leads to vaginal lubrication and nipple erection
• Plateau phase


  is a brief period of time before the orgasm. It is the body's preparation for orgasm.
• Orgasm phase


  is an intense, highly pleasurable experience. When this phase is reached, rhythmic muscular contractions occur in the genitals. In male, the contractions expel semen, a fluid containing sperm, a process called ejaculation. For women and men, breathing and heart rates reach maximum.
• Resolution stage


  last stage of sexual arousal; where the decrease of arousal (particularly in male) happens. Genitals resume their unaroused state and shape; blood pressure, breathing and heart rate return to normal
• Heterosexuality


  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
• Homosexuality


  a romantic and/or sexual attraction between members of same sex.
• Bisexuality


  romantic or sexual attraction to same sex and the other sex.
• Transsexuality


  these are people who believed they were born with the body of the other gender. Men transsexuals believe that they are men in a women's body and women transsexuals believe that they are women in a men's body. Transsexuals sometimes seek sex exchange operations, which undergo several steps such as intensive sexual counseling, hormone injections, living a member of desired sex for several years, surgery
• Transgenderism


  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 classification inadequately characterized them
• Natural Contraception


  are types of birth control that depend with observations on woman's body through monitoring and recording different fertility signals during her menstrual cycle. Through the different methods, one may predict when it is safe or when a woman will more likely to get pregnant. These may be in a form of abstinence, calendar method, basal body temperature method, cervical mucus method, symtothermal method, ovulation detection, lactation amenorrhea method and coitus interruptus.
• Artificial Method


  is diverse method of contraception using to prevent conception of a woman. There are different types of artificial contraception but not all types are appropriate for all situation. Using artificial contraception depends on the individual's health status, age, sexual activity and/or number of partners. These are oral contraception, transdermal patch, vaginal ring, subdermal implants, hormonal injection, Intrauterine device (IUD), chemical barriers, diaphragm, cervical cap, male and female condoms, surgical methods (vasectomy and tubal ligation)
• Abstinence


  - Rate of Failure: 0%

  - Most effective way of birth control

  . - Done thru abstaining from sexual intercourse.

  - It is also the most effective way to avoid STIs.
• Calendar Method


  - Rate of failure: 25%

  - Also called as the Rhythm Method.

  - It involves avoiding coitus during the days that the woman is fertile.
• Basal body temperature


  - Rate of failure: 9-25%

  - Done by monitoring the changes in the woman's temperature every morning before any activity.

  - A slight increase and decrease in her temperature will be her sign of ovulation (fertile).

  - This period the woman must abstain from mating for the next three days.
• Cervical Mucus Method


  - Rate of failure: 25%

  - Here the basis is the changes in the cervical mucus during the ovulation.

  - According to this method a woman is fertile when the cervical mucus is profuse and watery.
• Symptothermal Method


  - Rate of failure: 2%

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


  Rate of failure - 2%

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


  - 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.
• Coitus Interruptus


  - Rate of failure- 75%

  - 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.
• Oral Contraception


  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.