ESP - Sexuality

• SEXUALITY is the totality of each individual’s personhood. This encompasses the individual’s total personality, way of thinking, behaving, loving and relating with God and other individuals.
• Human sexuality is defined as the characteristics that make a man a man or a woman.This includes the man or woman’s capability for sexual feelings and behavior. It also includes his or her total personality.
• BIOLOGICAL SEX – this pertains to being male or female. It includes the biological concerns on reproductive anatomy and physiology.
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION – this is the sexual preference of an individual with regards to the sex of a person he/she is attracted to or the sex of his/her partner in a sexual relationship.
• SEXUAL IDENTITY – this pertains to a person’s feelings about the body and being a man or a woman.
• GENDER IDENTITY – this refers to the psychological sense of being male or female and personal and/or social norms for feminine or masculine behavior.
• VALUES AND ATTITUDES, FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS – about life, love and the people each individual life has touched
• R.A 7610 Article lll, Section 5- prohibits child prostitution and sexual abuse.
• R.A. 8353 Anti new rape law of 19 Reclassify rape as a crime against person (not any more against chastity).
• R.A. 11596 -An act prohibiting the practice of child marriage and imposing penalties of violations thereof.
• R.A. 11648- an act providing for stronger protection against rape and sexual exploitation and abuse increasing the age for determining the commission of statutory rape (from 12 years old to 16 years old regardless of gender)
• 1. “1ST THESSALONIANS 4:3

  It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality. “
• 1st Peter 3:3-4: Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of a great worth in God’s sight”.