Sexual Self

Sex Drive

• Psychologist thinks that sex drive peaks during the teens and early twenties (Hyde, 1982).

• It declines as we age.

Primary Sex

• physical characteristics present at birth that distinguishes male and female

• Females: vagina, uterus, and ovaries

• Males: penis, testes or testicles, scrotum, and prostate gland

Secondary Sex

• develop during the onset of puberty.

• Females: enlargement of the breasts and buttocks, the onset of menstruation, growth of pubic hair

• Males: testicular growth, sperm production, the appearance of facial, pubic, and other body hair, and deepening of voice

Sexuality

What makes us human is our ____. It is an innate function to survive through reproduction.

Sex

is beyond merely the act of procreation but answers to both psychological and spiritual needs.

Attraction

is usually influenced by social norms, physical attractiveness, and processes of interpersonal exchange.

Social Exchange Theory

Attraction is a result of an exchange process. People tend to view relationships as a result of the rewards and costs they entail.

Romantic Love

Includes a complex combination of different emotions such as fear, anger, sexual desire, joy, and jealousy. Some of these emotions may also be a source of suffering (Santrock, 2002).

Intimacy

refers to feelings of closeness, connectednes and bondedness.

Passion

refers to the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, and sexual consummation.

Commitment

refers to the decision to love and the commitment to maintain that love.

Sexual Response

It refers to the order of physical and emotional changes that arise as a person becomes sexually aroused and partakes in sexually exciting activities, including intercourse (coitus) and masturbation.

Sexual Orientation

refers to a person's sexual identity anchored on what gender they are attracted to.

Heterosexuality

most common sexual orientation in which one is sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

Homosexuality

the orientation of one who is sexually attracted to the same sex. Gays, Lesbians.

Lesbian

Type of Sexual Orientation

A woman who is primarily attracted to women.

Gay

Type of Sexual Orientation

a man who is primarily attracted to men; sometimes a broad term for individuals primarily attracted to same-sex.

Bisexual

Type of Sexual Orientation

An individual attracted to people of their own and the opposite gender

Transgender

Type of Sexual Orientation

A person whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex at birth.

Transexual

Type of Sexual Orientation

An outdated term that originated in the medica and psychological communities for people who have permanently changed their gender identity through surgery and hormones.

Queer

Type of Sexual Orientation

An umbrella term to be more inclusive of the many identities and variations that make-upthe LGBTQ + community.

Intersex

Type of Sexual Orientation

An individual whose sexual anatomy or chromosomes do not fit with the traditional markers of

"female" and "male"

Same-sex Attraction

Homosexual behavior is likely to present in all societies and cultures and has been documented on all six settled continents.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

are contacted primarily through sexual contact (vaginal, oral, or anal sex).

Affect the sex organs; life-threatening.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If this is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

Gonorrhea

caused by gonococcal bacteria which attack the lining of the mucous membrane such as the mouth, throat, vagina, and urethra.

Can be treated with penicillin or other antibiotics.

Syphilis

infects the genital areas and other parts of the body including the brain and can cause paralysis or even death when left untreated.

Chlamydia

caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis

Men: swollen testicles, and a burning sensation during urination.

Women: sterility, damages the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tube.

Genital Herpes

can cause itching and tingling sensations, abscesses, and blisters in the genital area.

There is no cure for herpes.

Genital Warts

caused by human papillomavirus which makes women prone to cervical cancer.

Though warts may be removed, they may recur.

Contraception

refers to methods used to prevent pregnancy.

Methods of Contraceptive

Injectibles

Oral

Contraceptives

Withdrawal

Calendar Method

Condom

IUD