love and sexuality vocab

Self-love

your acceptance of yourself

Self-knowledge

your understanding of your feelings and character

Self-confidence

your awareness of the thing that you do well

Self-respect

your regard for yourself as a worthwhile person

Self-concept

the total image you have of your self

Sexuality

everything that make you male and female

Sex role

the way you are expected to act because you are male or female

Feminine

you copy the behavior of your mother or other women you close to.

Masculine

you copy the behavior of your father or other men that are close to you.

Loving Relationship

you share reponsibility, respect, understanding, and self-discipline with another person.

Trait

something we get from are mother and father

4 Traits of Loving (healthy) Relationship

Respect  Responsibility Understanding  Self-discipline

Self-esteem

is the way you feel about yourself as a person, or how you value yourself.

Unhealthy Relationship

is a relationship with a person who hurts you or who encourages you to do things that go against your values.

5 Characteristics of a Good Friend

Caring, Respect, Dependability, Loyalty, Honesty

Dating

is going out with people you find attractive and interesting.

Group Dating

can help boys and girls learn how to have healthy relationships with each other and how to talk to each other socially.

Marriage

 a loving relationship with a commitment or pledge to another person.

Interracial Marriage

is a marriage of two persons of a different race

Divorce/Dissolution

legal ways to end a marriage

9 Traits of Marriage Partner

Intelligence (do you have things in common?) Physical Attraction (how important are looks?) Family Background (rules on dating) Personality Traits (easy going, up tight, funny, nice) Race (dating someone who is of different race than you) Age (age of consent) Religion (similar beliefs on religious issues) Financial Resources (who pays for dates) Health (what is their sexual history, STD’s)

family

a group of people who are related to each other