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Topic 3 Human Sexuality

The document discusses human sexuality, defining key concepts such as sexuality, libido, and the sexual act, while differentiating between sex and gender. It emphasizes the importance of a healthy attitude towards sex, advocating for responsible, respectful, and consensual sexual activity. Additionally, it highlights the role of various body systems in the sexual act and the need to protect one's sexual integrity from negative influences.

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Topic 3 Human Sexuality

The document discusses human sexuality, defining key concepts such as sexuality, libido, and the sexual act, while differentiating between sex and gender. It emphasizes the importance of a healthy attitude towards sex, advocating for responsible, respectful, and consensual sexual activity. Additionally, it highlights the role of various body systems in the sexual act and the need to protect one's sexual integrity from negative influences.

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HUMAN

SEXUALITY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this topic, the students should be able
to:
1. Define sexuality, libido, and the sexual act;
2. Differentiate sex from gender;
3. Describe the role of the different body systems in
the sexual act; and
4. Explain the importance of sex and a healthy
attitude towards it.
Sex and Gender
On the other hand, gender
characterizes how a particular
Sex refers to the distinct
person presents oneself in a
biological differences between
culture (gender role) or how one
male and female. It is
identifies himself/herself based on
determined by the genitals and
internal awareness (gender
chromosomes.
identity).

It begins at conception,
programmed into the genes, and It is socially constructed. It is
defines the individual throughout usually assumed that a person is
life. of the gender that corresponds to
his/her sex: males are masculine,
females are feminine.
Men are traditionally expected to be strong, independent,
dominant, and aggressive. In contrast, women are seen as
passive, dependent subordinate, and nurturing.
Parents and other adults adopt gender-laden assumptions
and dress and treat children according to their gender.
However, in some instances, the correspondence of sex
and gender are not aligned. Some people may identify as
transgender, gender-variant, or non-binary.
This classification also encompasses what is known as the
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender).

There are likewise cases in which a person does not exhibit


the typical definitions of a male or female, called intersex.
Human Sexuality
It is the sphere of interpersonal
Sexuality is the behavior, especially between
the male and the female, most
expression of the sex. directly associated with, leading
up to, substituting for, or
resulting from genital union.

Unlike animals which usually


copulate instinctively,
human sexuality is It permeates the whole person
personal and moral. with its pervasive influence and
powerful effect.

It attracts a man and a woman


towards each other to procreate
and fulfill each other.
Human Sexuality
• Likewise, its physical, psychological, ethical, and
cultural dimensions often define proper behavior.
• LIBIDO or the sex drive ensures the continuation
of the species.
• It triggers desire, orchestrates the physiological
changes in the human body to produce egg and
sperm, maintain pregnancy, and foster nurturing
instincts that care for and protect the offspring.
• Libido can be a source of pleasure and fulfillment
as well as heartbreak and loss, even violence.
Sexual Act
• The sexes, feeling both attraction and love, find
the most intimate, most bodily, and most ecstatic
experience in the act of sexual love.
• The sexual act or sexual intercourse is the
physical union of male and female through which
human beings procreate.
• This process is characterized by the penetration or
insertion of the penis into the vagina.
• It culminates in orgasm in which the penis
ejaculates semen with sperms into the vagina.
Sperms then travel to the woman's fallopian tube
to fertilize the egg, creating a new life.
Sexual Act
The sexual experience and response depend
on the harmonious collaboration of different
systems.

The nervous system triggers the excitement,


hormonal secretions, orgasm, and ejaculation

Meanwhile, the circulatory system causes


blood to accumulate in the genital areas,
making them swell.

At the same time, the muscles of thighs,


buttocks, uterus, and vagina contract.
Sexual Act
At resolution, the nervous system reverses the
excitement and allows blood from genitals to ebb
away, assuming normal levels.

Likewise, the hormone norepinephrine is


released, causing a calm feeling of well being
and relaxation.
The nature and symbolism of human sexuality make
Attitude towards Sex and Sexual Activity
it imperative for each person to work at its formation,
discipline its power, and protect it against abuse by
others as well as by oneself.

It is everyone's duty to protect his/her sexual


integrity from fancies, words, actions, pornography,
and violence that make sex trivial.

One should not allow the act of sexual intercourse and


expressions of the libido to be subject to importunate
curiosity and unwarranted intrusion by others.
Attitude towards Sex and Sexual Activity
• Sexual attraction, even satisfaction, should not
be mistaken for true love.
• Sexuality and sexual activity should be viewed with
an attitude of reverence for life as well as for every
man, woman, and child.
• Sexual activity should be performed rationally,
responsibly, respectfully, and consensually.
• Good sex happens at the right time, with the right
person, and for the right reason--after marriage,
with the spouse, to procreate and complete each
other.
Attitude towards Sex and Sexual
Activity
• HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE is the most
common adult expression of sexuality; but
many alternatives exist, including celibacy
for religious reasons, singleness by choice,
polygamy, or same-sex partnership.
• No single profile predicts a happy, healthy,
and fulfilling sex life.
• Personal attitudes, parents, family, love, and
God all contribute to achieve it.

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