HEALTHY AND POSITIVE SEXUALITY FOR PERSONAL WELLNESS

Human Sexuality

• centered on self-awareness (part of growth).

Good Self-Awareness

affects four areas of health:

• physical,

• mental,

• emotional, and

• social.

Positive Sexuality

• idea that a person is worthy of love.

Positive Sexual Health

• respect, safety, and freedom from discrimination & violence.

Human Sexuality

• one of the basic drives behind a person’s feelings.

• both biological and natural.

Human Sexuality

• develops from fertilization, through birth, and into adulthood, becoming a major part of personality.

Sex

• based on the body parts you are born from, and how body parts work.

• set at the very start of your life.

XY

• the chromosomes for males.

XX

• the chromosomes for females.

Gender

• what people expect you to act.

• either feminine or masculine.

Gender

• roles and activities that society sees as okay for boys or girls.

Gender / Sexual Identity

• how a teen sees themselves on the inside.

Gender / Sexual Identity

• about who a teen is attracted to.

Gender / Sexual Identity

• starts when teens first notice who they are attracted to, and it usually stays with them for life.

Gender Expression

• how you show your gender to other people.

Gender Expression

• can be shown through clothes, voice, interests.

  • feminine, masculine, gender-neutral, or adrogynous.

Sexual Orientation

• who you are attracted to.

  • (e.g. homosexual, pansexual, heterosexual, bisexual, etc!!)

Equality

• treating everyone the same.

Respect

• to talk about your needs and limits.

Acceptance

• accepting both yourself and others.