The Sexual Self

JERAMEL RAY CHESTER T. MANALO

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Why?
• Which of the situation are difficult to
answer?
• When you have concern about
sexuality, who do you approach.
Why?
 Perspectives of Human Sexuality

Sexual Selfhood

~how one thinks

about himself/
herself as a
sexual
individual
 HISTORY: Ancient Greece

The only
function of
women was to
bear children
The Middle Ages (476-1450)

Women were
labeled as
either a
Temptress or a
woman of
Virtue
Protestant Reformation of the 16th century

• Sexuality is a
natural part of
life
• Priest should
be able to
marry and have
a Family
 17th and 18th century
Premarital sex is considered as immoral
Victorian Era (1837-1901

•Homosexuality
and prostitution
•Psychoanalytic
theory of
Sigmund Freud
•Sex for women was just a marital
duty
•women should not enjoy sex and if
they did there was something wrong
with them
•Ejaculating more than once a
month would make you weak
•Masturbation leads to blindness,
insanity and death
 20th century
•Interest in sexuality became more
evident and accepted in society
•Separation of church and state
•Increased incidence of sexually
transmitted infections
•Rise of feminism-changes in
employment, home life, and sexual
standards for women
 Biological
•Primary and secondary sexual changes
-Secondary sex characteristics
jasjasaj
Male Female
Lower voice Breast enlarge
Hair growth on chest, face, Hair growth underarms and
underarm, arms, legs and pubic hair
pubic hair
Increase muscle size Hip widens
Skin becomes oily and pores Skin becomes oily and pores
enlarge enlarge
-Primary sex characteristics

Male Female
jasjasaj
Testes Ovaries
Penis Fallopian tubes
Scrotum Uterus
Seminal vesicles and vagina
prostate glands
 Male and Female Reproductive organs
Chromosomes are
composed of genes
jasjasaj
which are basic unit of
heredity.
First 22 pairs-
autosomes 23 pair are
the sex chromosomes
(XX/XY)
EFINE BEAUTY
~a
beautiful
woman
 IS SHE
BEAUTIFUL?
 IS HE
HANDSOME?
CAN WE CALL THEM BEAUTIFUL?
 Sociobiological/ Evolutionary
Natural selection- organisms that are
best
jasjasaj suited to their environment are

most likely to survive.

The basis of human sexual behavior
begins with physical attraction.
Beauty is more than just cultural
standard
Female--- BIG breast
Male--- broad shoulder and muscular
jasjasaj
Torsos
Big breast female produces more milk
to ensure the survival of offspring
Male-ensure safety and security of the
offspring
Survival is the goal of Evolutionary
perspective, Physical attraction ends in
sex
jasjasaj
that the attraction will not last long.
But what important is love, care and
responsibility each gender has to ensure
not only physical survival but the kind of
life to be passed on to the next
generation.
Psychological- Sigmund Freud
Oral Stage-child erogenous zone is the
mouth
jasjasaj
Anal Stage- C.E.Z. is anus
Phallic Stage- C.E.Z. is the genitals
Latency Stage-sexual impulses lie
dormant, school and playing
Genital Stage- C.E.Z. is the genitals
jasjasaj
RELIGION
Judaism-Marital sex is blessed by God
and pleasure for both men and woman.
Islam-family
jasjasaj is considered the utmost
importance and celibacy within marriage
is prohibited.
Muslim men allowed to have four
wives but women can only have one
husband. Sex is permitted only within
marriage
Taoism- sex is not only natural and
healthy, but a sacred union necessary to
people’s physical, mental and spiritual
being.
jasjasaj
Sexual union is a way to balance
male and female energy.

Hinduism- sexuality as a spiritual force,

act of ritual love making is a means of
both celebrating and transcending the
physical.
Roman Catholic Church- marriage is
purely
jasjasaj
intercourse and procreation, and
homosexual acts are immoral and sinful.
Use of birth control and abortion is
prohibited and natural planning is
accepted.
Clarifying sexual Terminologies
SEX- Latin word secare means to divide
SEXUALITY- means Unite
jasjasaj

Adolescent’s sexual identity-sexual

orientation, ability to manage sexual
feelings and capability to regulate his
sexual behavior to avoid undesirable
consequences.
Gender – Characteristics of people as
male and females
Gender role – a set of expectations that
jasjasaj
prescribe how male and female should
think, act and feel.
Gender assignment - initial assignment
of male and female occurs from birth.
Gender reassignment – legal change of
gender.
Masculine –qualities and behavior of
being a man.
Feminine
jasjasaj – qualities and behavior of
being a woman
Androgyny – who have both masculine
and feminine traits, feelings and
qualities.
Asexual – person who do not experience
sexual drives or attraction to either sex.
jasjasaj

Hypersexual – person with an excessive

interest in sex to the point where it can
cause problems in one’s life.
The Phases of
Human Sexual
Response
NICA MAE MONTERO
 Masters and Johnson
“
categorized the human
erotic response into four
stages which they called
the Human Sexual
Response Cycle.
Excitement. The body’s initial
physical response to sexual
arousal.
Plateau. Period of sexual
excitement prior to orgasm.
Orgasm. It is characterized by
waves of intense pleasure (climax).
Resolution. The body returns to its
non-excited state.
 Rosenthal (2013) has

“
included the stage of
desire prior to excitement
which is a drive or
motivation to seek out
sexual objects or to
engage in sexual activities.
▧ The Triaphasic ▧ The Erotic Stimulus
Model of Sexual Pathway Theory by
Response. David Reed did not
Introduced by focus on the physical
Helen Singer changes of sexual
Kaplan which response but on the
includes only psychosocial aspects
sexual desire, of sexual response
excitement and which includes the
orgasm. seduction, sensation,
surrender and
reflection.
The Chemistry of Lust,
Love and Attachment
 “
Chemistry is you
touching my mind and it
setting my body on fire.
 Attraction is a

“
characteristic that causes
pleasure or interest by
appealing to a person’s
desires or tastes, and
causes one to be drawn to
the other.
Human societies greatly
value physical beauty.
“
A desire for beauty lies
within the brain.
Criteria of beauty are
subjective and vary over
time in different cultures.
 LOVE: Emotion or Drive?
▧ Most romantic ▧ Rather than defining
relationships love as an emotion,
begin with two “being in love” can
individuals falling be considered a
in love with each strong motivation –
other. an addictive craving
▧ The singer Robert to be with the other
Palmer compares person (Hewston, et.
love to addiction. al., 2015).
 The emotions

“
associated with love -
relation, anxiety, joy,
fear – may come and
go. But the motivation to
be with the beloved –
remains.
The Phases of
Romantic Love
The Phases of Romantic Love
▧ Lust Phase. ▧ Attraction ▧ Attachment
Described as Phase. Phase.
an intense Period of Long-term bond
craving for time during between
sexual which partners. It is a
contact. couples are feeling of
infatuated security, comfort
and pursue a and emotional
relationship. union.
John Lee’s Love Styles
 John Lee’s Love Styles
▧ Eros. Love is based ▧ Agape. This is
on strong sexual and altruistic and
emotional selfless love. The
component. This person shows his
type of love creates love without
initial excitement of expecting to receive
a new relationship. the same in return.
However, it seldom
lasts forever because
they tend to be quick
to fall in and out of
love.
 John Lee’s Love Styles
▧ Storge. This is love- ▧ Ludus. Love is just a
related friendship and game, something for
based on non-sexual fun and
affection. When love entertainment. Ludic
is storge, love takes lovers manipulate
time. Commitment, their partners by
stability and comfort lying, cheating and
are their goals. deceiving.
 John Lee’s Love Styles
▧ Mania. This is ▧ Pragma. This is a
characterized by practical and
an intense feeling business-like love.
which may lead to Love is based on
obsessive and what is
possessive love appropriate.
towards the loved
one.
THE TRIANGULAR THEORY OF
LOVE
Robert Stenberg, 1986

JENNIFER MARQUEZ
 Three components of Love
1. Intimancy- Include a the desire to give and
receive emotional closeness,support and
sharing.
2. Passion- is the hot component of love
described as intensely romantic or sexual
desire .
3. Commitment- cold component of love
 Types of Loves based on Components
1. Liking (Intimacy)- it is a friendly relationship.
2. Infatuation(passion) -associated with high
degree of physiological arousal
3. Empty love( commitment)- couples stay
together of an important reasons.
4. Romantic love( passion and intimacy) -
characterized by emotional intensity and
sexual excitement.
5. Compationate love( intimacy and commitment)-
experienced in long deeply committed frienship or
marriage where passion has faded.
6. Fatuous love( passion and commitment)-
experienced by a couple who spent short time in
courtship and suddenly decided to get married.
7. Comsummate love( intimacy, passion,and
commitment)- shared by a couples considered to be
ideal for each other.
Why do people fall inlove?
 THE CHEMISTRY OF LOVE
• There is a part of a brain that is active when people
are truly,deeply and madly inlove.
• Psysiological reaction - occurd when people are
inlove which is not looking or giving attention to
other people of yhe opposite sex.
• Oxytocin( for uterine contraction , love, and bonding)
• Vasopressin (for levels i the body, bonding and
parenting behaviour).
 Chemical substances that naturally
influence the experience of love.
1. Dopamine(DA) and Norepinephrine (NE)- are
neutransmitters that are involved in
mood,motivation, attention and excitement.
2. Serotonin- is a neutransmitter that has been
associated with mood , obsession,sex and sleep.
3. Phebylethylamine (PEA)- is a neuchemical that
increase the level of DA and NE especially in the
patways involving mood and pleasure
 Chemical substances that naturally
influence the experience of love.
4. Oxytocin and vasopressin - are neutopeptides
released from the pituitary gland. Oxyticin - important
in trust,empathy, emotional accessibility, pair bonding
and close relationship
Vasopressin- is important in pair bonding social
behaviour,memory formation as well as blood pressure.
5. Edorphins- (endogenous morphine) - the body's
natural opiates , similar to the man made drugs
morphine or heroin.
Psychological Theories why people fall
1. Behavioral Reinforcement Theory
2. Psysiological Arousal Theory
3. Evolutionary Theories
 Factors that would determine whom
people fall in love
1. Physical attractiveness( though beauty is in
the eye of the beholder)
2. Reciprocity (people tend to like an individual
who also like them)
3. Proximity (being around anytime physically
or virtually)
4. Similarities (same age, religion, eduataion
race, physical attractiveness,intelligence and
socio economic class)
Diversity of Sexual Behavior

EDELAINE NAPILA
*Human sexual behavior is any activity,
solitary, by pair or by group which
induces sexual arousal.
* It can be a classified according to the
gender and the number of participants.
One of the necessary tasks of growing
up is learning to cope with one’s sexual
arousal and to achieve some balance
between when and where to properly
express and suppress it.
1. Sociosexual behavior -is sexual behavior more
than one person.
* 2. Solitary behavior -is self-masturbation or
self-stimulation with the intention of causing
sexual arousal, a feeling of pleasure and often
results in orgasm. - According to Rosenthal
(2013) children may masturbate at a very
young age which may be spontaneously
expressed unless or until the child is taught to
repress or inhibit these behaviors.
- It was explained that that there are
therapeutic benefits to health in self-
stimulation. - During the sexual
revolution of the 1960s, masturbation
began to be more accepted.
* Erotic dreams are involuntary images
that occur when people are asleep. Most
females and almost all males report of
having erotic dreams at some point in
their lives.
• In males, these are called nocturnal
emission or wet dreams. However, not all
erotic dreams are wet dreams and not all
wet dreams are erotic. Rosenthal (2013)
defined sexual orientation as a person’s
predisposition or inclination regarding
sexual behavior, emotional attachment
or physical attraction to one or both
sexes. The following are types of sexual
orientations:
1. Homosexual refers to a person whose
sexual orientation is toward another of
the same sex.
a. Lesbian
b. Gay
2. Heterosexual is a person whose sexual
orientation is toward others of opposite
sex.
3. Bisexual is a person who may be sexually
oriented to both men and women.
4. Pansexual is a new sexual orientation of
persons who are sexually attracted to
people regardless of their sex or gender
identity. The word “pan” is a Greek word
for “all or every”.
5. The Transgender according to DSM
V(2013), refers to the broad spectrum of
individuals who transiently or
persistently identify with a gender
different their natal gender.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
INFECTION