[UTS] THE SEXUAL SELF

OUTLINE  Growth and Development are the continues process

I SEXUAL SELF CONCEPT
II SEX AND SEXUALITY IN ADOLESCENT
which acquire a change on individual every moment.
A Development of Sexuality
III SEX, GENDER, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUALITY
A Margarita Go-Singco Holmes  Development of Sexuality begins as early as in
B Gender Expectation intrauterine life following conception and continues
C Gender Identity through Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood
i Common Gender Definitions
and till death.
D Gender Roles
E Gender Expressions o Infancy is defined as the first year of life after
IV ASPECTS OF SEXUALITY birth.
V SEXUAL SELF CONCEPT o Childhood it generally refers to children
A Aspects of Sexual Concept between the ages of 1 to 3 years of age.
i Sexual Self Esteem o Adolescence is the period of life between the
· Sub Factors of Sexual Self Esteem
beginning of puberty and adulthood.
ii Sexual Anxiety
iii Sexual Exploration o Adulthood proposes as a new life stage
iv Erotic Self Exploration between adolescence and young adulthood
v Sexual Self Efficacy lasting roughly from ages 18 to 25.
VI SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS  According to US National Library of Medicine (2015),
A Emerging Sex Trend Adolescence can be broadly divided into three
i Partner Swapping stages:
ii Orgies
B The Online Space
o Early Stage
i Pornography o Middle Stage
ii Cyber Sex o Last Stage
C Education, Guidance and Support
VII SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SEX, GENDER, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
A Common Types of STD
i Chlamydia MARGARITA GO-SINGCO HOLMES
ii Gonorrhea  Popularly known as Dr. Margie Holmes is a popular
iii Trichomoniasis Psychologist specializing in Sex Therapy in the
iv Genital Warts Philippines
v Genital Herpes  In 2015, Dr. Margie Holmes gave primer on:
vi Pubic Lice o Lesbian is a female homosexual; a female
vii Scabies
viii Syphilis who experiences romantic love or sexual
B Signs and Symptoms attraction to other females.
VIII UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING SEXUALITY o Gay of, relating to, or characterized by sexual
or romantic attraction to people of one’s same
THE SEXUAL SELF sex.
 Characterized as a person’s evaluation of his or her  Often used to refer to men only.
own sexual feelings and actions. o Bisexual sexually attracted not exclusively to
 Refers to the totality of oneself as a sexual being, people of one particular gender, attracted to
including positive and negative concepts and feelings. both men and women.
 Sexual self-concept defined as an individual's o Transgender people whose gender identity is
evaluation of his or her own sexual feelings and different from the gender they were thought to
actions be at birth.
o Proposed as an important predictor of o Intersex a person born with reproductive or
contraceptive behavior among teenagers. sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit the boxes of
o Associated with frequency of contraceptive use “female” or “male”
and use at most recent intercourse. o Queer attraction to people of many genders
and don’t conform to cultural norms around
SEX AND SEXUALITY IN ADOLESCENT gender and/or sexuality.
 Sex is a primary category of Human Social  In 2015, Margie Holmes, a psychologist gave
Perception. informative writing on LQBTQ issues and definition.
o At birth, each individual is classified by She differentiated Sex and Gender
biological sex. o Sex: all about biological chromosomes, gonads
 Biological Sex is an identification of the individual if it and hormones (pure science).
is a girl or a boy. o Gender is psychological and cultural. (How a
 Judging a person as a male or female has been person views himself/ herself outside her
described as an automatic social cognitive process science anatomy) studies include; gender
that is effortless, unintended, and involuntary. identity, gender roles, gender stereotypes.
 Sex can be also defined using:
o Chromosomes GENDER EXPECTATION
o Gonads  Gender Expectation: Male falls to Female vice versa
but here there are a lot of lot of Sexual Orientation
o Gonadal Hormones
Forms these area follows:
o Internal Accessory Organs
o Heterosexual is an attraction and behavior
o External Genitalia
towards opposite sex.
 Individuals with mixed sexual configurations using o Homosexual is attraction to the same sex
these different biological criteria are known as
intersexed or intersexual.
 o Bisexual is an attraction to both male and
female.
o Asexual is a person who do not have
attraction towards any sex or gender.
o Pansexual have the ability to attract to anyone
regardless of sex
o Intersexed are those who falls outside the
male and female dichotomy.
GENDER IDENTITY
 Gender Identity refers to intimate knowledge and
experience of the individual’s own gender.
o It is perceived as subjective and based on self-
identification.
o It is a personal conception of oneself as
male or female a blend both, or neither how
individuals perceive themselves and what they
call themselves.
o Can be different from sex assigned birth, which
is often confuse it was often assumed that it is
match on one’s biological sex.
o But it proved that one’s biological sex may
not always match on one’s gender (Golden
2009)
 In gender-binary / heteronormative paradigm (only
male and female are the only acceptable genders).
Transgender and Transsexual are excluded to this.
 Human experience shows proof that one’s biological
sex may not always mate one’s psychological gender
o Kevin Balot
o BB Gandang Hari
o Jake Zyrus
o Aiza Seguerra
o Geraldine Roman
COMMON GENDER DEFINITIONS
 Trans-people are persons identifies with the opposite
gender – those who identify themselves opposite to
their sexual assigned birth and eventually to their
gender.
o BB Gandang Hari / Rustom Padilla legal
identity has changed his gender from male to
female. (Under the rule of court of Los
Angeles)
 Transexual are people who has opposite gender to
their biological sex.
o Gender Reassignment
 Transgender covers a range of identities or
behaviors. Often used to describe non-traditional
gender behaviors or identities.
o Kevin Balot, first transgender who won and
crowned as the Miss International Queen 2012
held in Pattaya Thailand.
o Jake Zyrus, (born Charmaine Clarice Relucio
Pempengco; May 10, 1992), who performed
under the mononym Charice until his gender
transition to male as Filipino singer who rose to
popularity through Youtube.
 Intersex refers to a range of conditions where a
person’s sex is not strictly male or female
(biologically).
o This may due to underdeveloped primary sex
characteristics.
GENDER ROLES
 Gender Roles refers to societal roles relating to
perceived sex.
 Gender Expressions is how gender is expressed;
Outward presentation.
o How she or he dress, wears make up etch.
o It may not match to someone’s gender identity
 Masculine present as a man
 Feminine present in feminine way
 Androgynous mixed of both masculine
and feminine
 [DR. MARGIE HOLMES STUDY] Showed that
Transphobia-Antagonism (dislike of or prejudice
against trans) towards transsexual and transgender is
worse than homophobia (dislike or prejudice against
gay people).
ASPECTS OF SEXUALITY
 Sexual Pleasure: emotional satisfaction that arises
from the movement of those organs.
 Sexual Satisfaction: feeling fulfilled and satisfied
with one’s sexual life.
 Sexual Desire: motivational state that generates
increased attention to sexual stimuli.
 Sexual Agency: the ability to act in a way that
accomplishes your goals.
o In sexuality, when we say “sexual agency”, it
is composed of complex group of skills, rights
and abilities:
o According to Madsen (2014), sexual agency
includes the following:
 The ability to define yourself sexually
 The ability to choose whether or not you
want to experience sexual activity
 The ability to choose how you want to
engage in sexual activity.
SEXUAL SELF CONCEPT
 It is also known as sexual self-view
 Sexual self-concept is a multidimensional construct
that refers to an individual’s positive and negative
perceptions and feelings about him or herself as a
sexual being.
 A good indicator of what kind of relationship with tend
to get into, and how we tend to behave within
relationships, with an emphasis on sexual
satisfaction.
ASPECTS OF SEXUAL CONCEPT
SEXUAL SELF ESTEEM
 A feeling of self-worth and sexual situation.
 Tends to positively evaluates one’s own capacity
 SUB FACTORS OF SEXUAL SELF ESTEEM
o Sexual Behavior
 Express their sexual self through their
intimate relationships.
 How people from romantic relationships
meet their needs of attachment.
o Sexual Conduct
 Is a feeling of adequacy of behavior in
sexual situations and with partners
 It is a set of characteristics that are
ascribed to how normal and how real
men and women should act.
o Sexual Attractiveness
 Feelings of sexual appearance and
desirability.
SEXUAL ANXIETY
 The feelings of tension discomfort and anxiety
about the sexual aspects of one’s life.
 Sexuality is seen as shameful for women who are
not married and or not committed.
 Married and committed are expected to yell their
partner sexual desire.
SEXUAL EXPLORATION
  Includes initiation of adolescence and increases as
part of the normative development of adolescence
and sexual identity.
o Knowing your sexual self is knowing your own
pleasure and satisfaction.
 According to study, the best way to know your own
pleasure when exploring it alone is by means of
erotic thoughts.
o Fantasizing and thinking of something that may
help you feel arouse the feeling of sexual
pleasure and or desire.
EROTIC SELF EXPLORATION
 First step to realize a healthy sex life by means of
erotic self-exploration.
o In order for you to give sexual pleasure
together with your partner, you must know your
own sexual pleasure.
 Erotic self-exploration is believed to be part of
sexual self-exploration in which you are fantasizing or
thinking something that may help you obtain your
sexual desire.
 Exploring your body and or partner's body to gain and
give pleasure.
o Example of erotic self-exploration is the so-
called touching exercise, it persists
throughout the sex life, with each successive
exercise reveals more of the priceless self-
knowledge that is critical for building healthy,
lasting, inter and intra-personal sexual relation.
 Erotic self-exploration helps to learn to integrate the
mental and physical components of sex.
SEXUAL SELF EFFICACY
 One of the most important issue in terms of sexual
health.
 It refers to your ability to effectively perform the
task.
 The belief in one’s capabilities in the aptitude to
overcome challenges, adversities, and obstacles
in one’s life.
o It is a predictor of health behavior and as the
most important part of individual behavioral
change:
 She is able to see herself as a person
who can make decisions about what
happens to her sexually.
 He knows how to say yes and no to
sexual behavior and relationships.
 He knows how to ask for consent from a
partner before engaging in sexual
behavior and how to demand that others
ask for consent.
SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS
EMERGING SEX TREND
PARTNER SWAPPING
 Sometimes called wife-swapping or partner, is a
non-monogamous behavior, in which both singles
and partners in a committed relationship engage in
sexual activities with others, may it be for recreational,
or social purposes.
ORGIES
 Type of parties where people engage in
unrestrained intimacies with each other.
 Can happen between strangers, or together with
known people.
THE ONLINE SPACE
PORNOGRAPHY
 Otherwise known as porn, it is the portrayal of
sexual object matter for the purpose of sexual
arousal.
 It can be presented in a variety of media which
includes books, magazines, photographs, sculpture,
drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, writing,
film, video, and video games.
 Primary Subjects of Present-Day Pornographic
Depictions
o People who pose for still photographs.
o Pornographic Actors, or Porn Stars.
CYBER SEX
 Also called Computer Sex, Internet Sex, Net Sex,
and in colloquial terms: Cyber, or Cybering.
 An encounter in which two or more people connect
remotely via either sent messages describing
sexual experiences, videos involving nudity and such
that whose goal is to provide sexual pleasure through
the internet.
 Can occur within the context of existing or
intimate relationships: among lovers who are
geographically separated, or in a long-distance
relationship, or; among complete strangers.
EDUCATION, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT
 Developing a sexual self-concept is an important
developmental task of adolescence.
o However, little empirical evidence describes
this development, nor how these changes are
related in development in sexual behavior.
 Over a four-year time, frame, with the use of
longitudinal group data from adolescent women,
researchers examined a reciprocal development in
sexual self-concept, among which include the
following: sexual openness, sexual esteem, and
sexual anxiety.
o It has been found that there are notable
transactional effects between these
dimensions, and behavior: sexual self-concept
involved during adolescence in a manner
consistent with a less reserve, less anxiety,
develops a greater personal comfort with
sexuality and sexual behavior.
 Furthermore, it has been concluded that sexual self-
concept results from sexual behavior, and at the
same time, it regulates the future behavior.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
COMMON TYPES OF STD
CHLAMYDIA
 The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the
virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS), is transmitted by blood and body
fluids.
GONORRHOEA
 Gonorrhea is one of the most common STDs in the
United States and can lead to infertility in men and
women.
 It is both treatable and preventable, though
scientists have discovered a new strain of gonorrhea
that is resistant to all currently utilized antibiotics.
TRICHOMONIASIS
 Trichomoniasis is the most common curable STI.
Millions of people are infected each year in the United
States
GENITAL WARTS
 HPV is the most common STD and at least 50% of
sexually active people will get it at some time in their
lives.
 The body usually clears HPV on its own without
causing any problems, but HPV can lead to certain
kinds of cancer.
GENITAL HERPES
  Herpes is a common STD and a lot of people who o It may be helpful to reiterate young people that
have it don’t even know. no one else can dictate their gender and
 There is no cure for herpes, but there is treatment sexuality, and that they have the right to make
that can lessen symptoms and decrease the their own choices regarding their gender and
likelihood of passing it on to someone else. sexuality
PUBIC LICE
 Pubic or “crab” lice are parasitic insects that survive
by feeding on human blood.
 Pubic lice are different parasites than head or body
lice and are usually found in the pubic hair, but can
also be found in other course body hair like eyebrows,
beard, chest or armpit hair.
SCABIES
 Scabies are parasites that infect the skin and cause
really intense itching.
 Scabies is transferred by skin-to-skin contact and can
occur anywhere on the body.
o This means that while scabies can be passed
through sexual contact, it is usually passed
through non-sexual skin-to-skin contact.
SYPHILIS
 Syphilis is spread by contact with open sores
(usually during sex).
o If left untreated, it can cause serious health
problems, including brain and nervous system
damage, blood infection and even death.
o If early action is taken, syphilis can be cured
with antibiotics.
 Syphilis prevalence is growing in the United States,
particularly among men who have sex with men.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

o Painful urination
o Lower abdominal pain
o Vaginal discharge in women
o Discharge from the penis in men
o Pain during sexual intercourse in women
o Bleeding between periods in women
o Testicular pain in men
 Many STDs are said to be socially stigmatized.
o In other words, people are judged or
condemned for being infected with STDs.
o Other types of disease may also carry some
level of social stigma.
 In my opinion, the only real cure for STD stigma is
better sex education.
o People need to learn how common these
diseases are.
o They need to learn how easily they're treated.
Then, maybe, we can start working on making
screening more common.
o After all, one of the worst parts of STD stigma
is that doctors can suffer from it too.
 Sometimes that makes it hard to get tested, even if
you don't suffer from STD stigma yourself.

UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING SEXUALITY

 Remember you can still contribute to an equal,
supportive and non-discriminatory society. Here are
some tips to accepting any identity.
o Try to educate people about the issues
surrounding sexual identity
o Make sure your workplace is friendly and
visibly supportive towards sexuality and gender
diverse young people.
o It is important to affirm to young people that
gender and sexuality are always diverse and
that gender and sexuality differences are
normal and healthy.