THE PHYSICAL AND

SEXUAL SELF
BY PROFESSOR PRETTY LEIGHN KATE B. GIMENA
 PUBERTY
• Period between 10-15 years old when reproductive
organs grow to their adult size and become functional
HUMAN
SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR
HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

SOLITARY SOCIOSEXUAL
BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR
Number of • Two or More
Participants
• one individual
Individuals
• Heterosexual or
Gender • Male or Female
Homosexual
SOLITARY BEHAVIOR
• Self-gratification or Self-stimulation that leads to sexual
arousal and eventually, sexual climax
• Begins at or before puberty but becomes less frequent
or is abandoned when sociosexual activity is available
SOCIOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR
• may be motivated by curiosity such as showing or examining
the external genitalia
• May be heterosexual behavior (between male and female)

PETTING
COITUS
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BODY
DURING SEX
 PHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUAL
RESPONSE

1) Excitement Phase
2) Plateau Phase
3) Sexual Climax
4) Resolution Phase
1) EXCITEMENT PHASE
 caused by the increase in pulse and blood pressure
results to increased skin temperature, flushing and
welling of all distensible body parts, more rapid
breathing, secretion of genital fluids, vaginal expansion
and general increase in muscle tension

 Erection of the penis, vaginal walls become moist, inner

part of the vagina widens
2) PLATEAU PHASE
 More rapid breathing and muscles continue to
tense
 MALE: glands of the head of the penis swells and
the testes enlarge
 FEMALE: outer vagina contracts and the clitoris
retracts
3) SEXUAL CLIMAX OR ORGASM

 Marked by a feeling of abrupt, intense pleasure, a

rapid increase in pulse rate and blood pressure and
spasms of the pelvic muscles causing contractions
of the female reproductive organ and ejaculation
 Involuntary vocalizations
4) RESOLUTION PHASE

 Return to a normal or subnormal physiologic state

 HOW ARE SEXUAL ORGANS DEVELOPED?

• 8th Week of Embryonic Development

• Formation of the Gonads that produce the gametes (testes or
ovary) begin to form
• Formation of the Genital Ridge and Indifferent Gonad
• Male or female structures depend on the presence of testosterone
followed by the formation of the duct system and external
genitalia