Understanding
The Self
Instructor:
MARY BEATRICE J. OBORDO, MAPsy
Week 7-12
UNPACKING
the
SELF
The Physical Self / The Sexual Self / The Material Self /
The Spiritual Self / The Political Self / The Digital Self
WHAT COMES TO
YOUR MIND WHEN
YOU HEAR THE
WORD SEX?
Week 7
THE
SEXUAL
SELF
Sexual Development / Human Sexuality / The diversity of human sexuality
WHAT IS YOUR SEXUAL SELF?
Sexual Self is the part of yourself
where you learn and understand your
sexual development.
Your sexual self speaks of your
sexual health, sexual orientation, gender
identity, expression and values around
sexuality.
Sexual Development is a lifelong
process that starts at the moment of
conception.
WHEN PUBERTY
HITS YOU, WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE
CHANGES IN YOUR
BODY?
HUMAN SEXUALITY
Sexuality is much more than sexual
feelings or sexual intercourse.
- It is an important part of who a
person is and what she/he will become.
- It includes enjoyment of the world
as we know it through the five senses:
taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight.
THE FIVE CIRCLES OF SEXUALITY
Sensuality is the awareness and
feeling about your own body and other
people’s bodies especially the body of a
sexual partner.
Sexual Intimacy is the ability to be
emotionally close to another human
being and to accept closeness in return.
THE FIVE CIRCLES OF SEXUALITY
Sexual Identity is a person’s
understanding of who he/she is
sexually including the sense of
being male and of being female.
Reproduction and Sexual
Health these are a person’s
capacity to reproduce and the
behaviors and attitudes that
make sexual relationships
healthy and enjoyable.
THE FIVE CIRCLES OF SEXUALITY
Sexualization is the aspect of
sexuality in which people behave
sexually to influence, manipulate or
control other people.
It is often called as the “shadowy”
side of human sexuality.
ex. Flirting, Seduction, Withholding
Sex from an intimate partner to
punish him/her or to get something,
sexual harassment.
WHAT TURNS YOU
ON WHEN YOU LOVE
SOMEONE?
THE CHEMISTRY OF LUST, LOVE & ATTACHMENT
There are physiological and
psychological aspects in being turned
on, being in love and attached to
another person.
Lust is a phase which is driven by
the sex hormones testosterone and
estrogen in both men and women.
Attraction a phase that is said to
be one of the beautiful moments in
life. This is the phase when a person
actually starts to feel the love.
THE CHEMISTRY OF LUST, LOVE & ATTACHMENT
Attachment is a bond helping the
couple to take their relationship to
advanced levels.
THE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
Sexual Orientation refers to an
enduring pattern of emotional, romantic
and or sexual attractions to men, women
or both sexes.
How do people know if they are
lesbian, gay, or bisexual?
According to current scientific and
professional understanding, the core
attractions that form the basis for adult
sexual orientation typically emerge
between middle childhood and early
adolescence.
THE DIVERSITY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
Adolescence is a period when people
separate from their parents and families and
begin to develop autonomy.
Becoming aware of sexual feelings is a
normal developmental task of adolescence.
Sometimes adolescents have same sex
feelings or experiences that cause confusion
about their sexual orientation.
IS SEX A BAD WORD?
SEXUAL HEALTH AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASES/INFECTIONS
Adolescents often have inadequate
information about their own and or their
partner’s body.
Sexual Intercourse is a behavior that
may produce sexual pleasure that often
culminates in orgasm in females and
males.
It may result to pregnancy or STDs.
SEXUAL HEALTH AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASES/INFECTIONS
Premarital Sex is the sexual activity
practiced by people who are unmarried.
People who have premarital sex are
recommended by health professionals to
take precautions to protect themselves
against sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) such as HIV and AIDS.
WHAT ARE SOME
FACTORS THAT
ENCOURAGE
HAVING
PREMARITAL SEX?
SEXUAL HEALTH AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASES/INFECTIONS
Factors that encourage having
premarital sex:
Having poorly educated parents
Unsupportive family relationships
Lack of parental supervision
Engaged in risky leisure activities
SEXUAL HEALTH AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASES/INFECTIONS
Sexually Transmitted
Diseases/Infections also known as
Venereal Diseases (VD).
-They are passed through sexual
contact or genital. It is through vaginal
intercourse, oral sex and anal sex.
ex. HIV/Aids, Genital Warts, Hepatitis B
SEXUAL HEALTH AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASES/INFECTIONS
HIV is Human Immunodeficiency
Virus.
AIDS is Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS and
it is preventable and manageable but not
curable.
How do people get AIDS?
-Bodily fluids
-Intravenous (IV) Drug Abuse
- Unprotected Sexual Intercourse
WHAT ARE THE
ISSUES THAT
PREGNANT
TEENAGERS FACE?
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
This is the pregnancy in human
females under the age of 20 at the time
that the pregnancy ends.
Pregnant teenagers face many issues
as other women.
- Medical concerns
- Socio-economic factors
- Biological effects
HOW DO WE
PREVENT TEENAGE
PREGNANCY?
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Comprehensive sex education and
access to birth control appear to reduce
unplanned teenage pregnancy.
Education
Abstinence only education – some
schools provide abstinence only sex
education.
FAMILY PLANNING/RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD
Family Planning is the simple way of
regulating and spacing the births of children.
Family Planning also called as Responsible
Parenthood.
Benefits of Family Planning:
For the family- promote healthy and happy
family.
For the mother- she can recover her health and
strength after delivery.
For the child- a better chance of growing
healthier and well cared.
IS PREVENTING
PREGNANCY OK?
WHY?
FAMILY PLANNING/RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD
Contraception is a concept link to
family planning or also known as birth
control and fertility control.
Contraception methods are as follows:
Natural Birth Control employs natural
control methods that people do to help
prevent an unintended pregnancy.
ex. Abstinence, Fertility Awareness
methods, The rhythm, Calendar or Standard
Method
FAMILY PLANNING/RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD
Artificial Birth Control employs
artificial control methods to help
prevent unintended pregnancy.
ex. Contraceptive or birth control
pills, diaphragm, male and female
condoms, spermicidal, Intrauterine
Device (IUD), tubal implants
“ True love knows no gender ”
- Ms. Bea
