esp 10 4.0

• Types of Abuse


  • Physical
  • Psychological
  • Sexual
  • Child Neglect
• Physical Abuse


  Physical force to inflict bodily harm
• Psychological Abuse


  Interferes with child's social development & mental health
• Sexual Abuse


  Acts that are sexual in nature, not limited to rape, harassment
• Child Neglect


  Failure of a parent to provide for their good development
• PMS/ pre-marital sex


  Sex before marriage, usually by two single individuals
• The 2002 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Survey (YAFSS) revealed that 23% of 15~24-year-old Filipino youth have had premarital sex
• Reasons why young people engage in PMS

  • Feelings and expressions
  • Individual/Peer Pressure
  • Rebellion
  • Curiosity
  • Negative Media
  • Permissive Society
• Feelings and expressions


  The youth want to express their feelings for the one they love, they think it's okay to have sex as long as you are in love, it feels good. This shows a lack of understanding about real love and intimacy.
• Individual/Peer Pressure


  The pressure could come from within or from friends, claiming "Everybody's doing it!" or teasing someone who is still a virgin.
• Rebellion


  Young people want to prove something for themselves, show the world they are grown up, or go against teachings & values of their parents, religion, or other authority.
• Curiosity


  It's normal for young people to be curious about sex, especially when friends who have tried it encourage them to do it too.
• Negative Media


  Media constantly bombard us with messages that encourage premarital & extramarital sex, impacting young people's views.
• Permissive Society


  Morality is now based on individual's feelings & opinions, rather than external bases like the Bible, leading to temptation and pressure everywhere with no absolute standards.
• Short term thrills can lead to long-term consequences
• Consequences of PMS


  • Physical
  • Social/Economical
  • Emotional
  • Spiritual
• Physical Consequences


  • Loss of virginity
  • pregnancy
  • sexually transmitted disease / STDs
• Social/Economical Consequences


  • Breakdown of communication with partner
  • comparison with past sexual partners
  • early marriage
  • single parenthood
  • ruined reputation
  • limited social life
  • having to drop out of school
  • limited job choices, bleak future
  • unfulfilled dreams/plans/ambitions
  • loss of freedom
• Emotional Consequences


  • Guilt
  • shame
  • bothered conscience
  • worry
  • fear
  • regret
  • hatred towards self or partner
  • loss of self-esteem, self-respect, self-worth
  • loss of respect for others
  • loss of trust
  • flashback of past experiences
  • negative feelings about sex
  • long term sadness
  • grief
  • depression
  • suicidal thoughts
• Spiritual Consequences


  • God's judgment
  • separation from/broken relationship with God
• Euthanasia


  Quiet & easy death, aka mercy killing
• Those who subscribe to euthanasia believe man is given human freedom and has the right to decide to terminate human life
• Euthanasia


  Putting a person out of their sufferings, an "act of compassion" so that the ill person would not be subjected to the indignities caused by sufferings or deterioration
• Situations with call for the application of euthanasia

  • Old age / old persons
  • Terminally sick individuals
  • Defective neonates (newborns)
  • Patients in vegetative or comatose state
  • Patients whose chances of recovery is very small
• There is no such thing as the right to die, but we all have right to die with dignity
• We are invited to respect life-our own and those of others, and have an obligation to preserve & sustain life
• As God's creation, we are called to nourish life
• Live-in Arrangement (Cohabitation)


  Emotional, physical, intellectually intimate relationship which includes a common living place, and which exists without the benefit of legal, cultural, or religious sanction
• Reasons why couples cohabit

  • To test compatibility
  • To avoid divorce, legal separation, or annulment
  • To avoid bigamy/polygamy (if one or both of them are married to someone else)
  • They don't see much difference between commitment involved in living together and getting married
  • They don't want to be legally committed for a long time
  • To earn, save up enough for wedding
  • To share in rent and cooking
  • To avoid obligations. Couples who live-in may keep money separate, don't pay for partner's debts, have more freedom (no strings attached) & time for self, don't have to take care of partner, don't have to be "faithful" to partner
• Disadvantages of cohabiting

  • Sociological: Couples who cohabit are least likely to marry each other, are likely to have a fleeting romance rather than a lasting relationship, have a relationship that tends to "kill" romance, often have a "marriage of convenience" rather than marriage of commitment, have no lasting commitments or responsibilities, do NOT have specialization of responsibilities, miss something in maturing process, avoid dealing with some of joint decisions that married couples must make, have more difficulty resolving conflicts, often lack a common purpose, often have different intentions for the future, have less support and benefits, often lay a foundation of distrust and lack of respect, do NOT experience the best sex, often face parental disapproval, hurt their children
  • Physical: Couples who cohabit develop health-destroying behavior, are a high risk for contracting HIV and other STDs, usually having an unwanted pregnancy
  • Legal: Couples who cohabit are confronted with issues of income, palimony when they split up, lack legal property ownership rights, are ill-prepared to handle parenting issues, do NOT automatically receive survivor inheritances if the other dies
  • Spiritual: Couples who cohabit do NOT experience God's best for their lives individually or together, are sinning against God, often suffer from guilt and fear
• Prostitution


  Sale of sexual services for money or other kind of return
• Prostitution Examples

  
  

  • Stripping
  • Exotic dancing
  • Table dancing
  • Phone sex
  • Trafficking
  • Child & adult pornography
  • Lap dancing
  • Massage brothels
  • Peep shows
• Prostitution is often referred to as the "oldest profession"
• Characteristics of children and young people who are often recruited to become prostitutes

  • Emotionally needy
  • Have no idea what a normal love relationship looks like
  • Depressed
  • Neglected
• Characteristics of families that children and young people recruited to become prostitutes often come from

  • Abusive
  • Disorganized
  • Poor
  • Part of a devalued minority group
• Characteristics of parents of children and young people recruited to become prostitutes

  • Absent
  • Drug dependent
  • Mentally ill
  • Severely demoralized
• Potential results of prostitution

  • Infectious disease like STDs, AIDS
  • Drug and alcohol addiction
  • Suicide attempts
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) including acute anxiety, depression, insomnia, irritability, flashbacks, emotional numbing, emotional and physical hyper alertness, psychotic episodes, long-term psychiatric disability, brain damage
  • Presence of violence: repeated rape, death
• Signs & effects of child sexual abuse

  • Unexplained injuries
  • Fear of a certain adult
  • Difficulty trusting others or making friends
  • Sudden changes in eating or sleeping patterns
  • Inappropriate sexual behavior
  • Poor hygiene
  • Secrecy
  • Hostility
• Corruption


  Impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle, usually caused by many temptations to make connections with other politicians and influence decisions of heads of department to advance one's personal gain, self-good > common good
• Graft


  Acquisition of gain (as money) in dishonest or questionable ways, unscrupulous use of one's position to derive profit or advantages, outward manifestation of corruption, misuse of power caused by corruption, committed when one takes advantage of position to obtain fees, profits, pay for work not done