[UTS] THE SEXUAL SELF
 Social norms are the unwritten rules about how
OUTLINE
I UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL SELF
A The Root of My Identity: It is Who We are and What We
Aspire to Be
B Social Influence
II EMERGING CULTURE OF TODAY’S GENERATION
A Korean Wave
B Cosplay (Costume Play)
C Action Figure
i Action Figure Enthusiast
ii Michael V.
iii Yexel Sebastian
III WHAT IS CULTURE?
A Indigenous People
B The Filipino Culture
i Belief System: Filipinos are Religious
ii Value System
iii Utang na Loob
iv Pakikisama
v Hiya
UNDERSTANDING THE SOCIAL SELF
 An individual is a product of social interaction that
incorporate ways that adult and others talk and
interpret the world into their own ways and thinking.
 Through interaction and communication, an individual
transmits their society’s traditions, beliefs, values,
norms, and skills to the next generation, thus
influences the course of future development.
THE ROOT OF MY IDENTITY: IT IS WHO WE ARE
AND WHAT WE ASPIRE TO BE
 Human are sociable group-based culture where a
significant position of our "self" and its behavior is
socially directed and influenced.
 The interpersonal self or the social self is that part
of individual that engages in face-to-face relation with
others that is made up of the social roles that would
include ethnicity, gender, age, pace of residence or
any other social categorization that helps characterize
a person’s identity.
 The social self is a product of our earliest childhood
interaction.
o If one has no interaction specially with
significant people, we would not have
language, social norms, culture or a
perspective of the world around us.
 Each individual is a product of social interaction
(Vygotsky theory).
o They got to incorporate ways that adults and
others talk and interpret the world into their
own ways of thinking.
o And through interaction adults transmit their
society's culture, values and skills to the
next generation thus, influencing the course
of future development of their self.
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
 It is the effect of others that induces an effect on
the attitudes and behavior of people.
o This describes the manner by which individual
impact the views, moods, and actions of other
people which are affected by another person or
group.
 Social influence stems from social roles and social
norms.
o We are expected to perform according to
certain social roles that people do.
 Social roles are the part that an individual play being
a member of a social group (McLeod 2008)
people behave that define and prescribe the specific
behaviors that are acceptable to a particular place or
group.
 In today’s modern world, the young generation have
different kinds of impression that the young
generation have come to truly appreciate, adapt and
eventually got hooked into.
EMERGING CULTURE OF TODAY’S GENERATION
KOREAN WAVE: (KOREAN MUSIC, FASHION, FOOD,
DRAMA)
 K-Pop is a musical genre that originated in South
Korea characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual
elements.
 Their mode of dressing, hairstyle, eventually their
lifestyles like eating the hot Samyang noodles, and
other Korean dishes are being adopted by some and
applied in their everyday lives.
COSPLAY (COSTUME PLAY)
 It can mean the actual costume as well as the person
wearing it.
 Many cosplayers do not believe that they are the
characters they are portraying or "cosplaying"
because:
1. They recreate a 2-dimensional art form into 3D.
2. They challenge one's self to create a cosplay.
3. They show appreciation and/or interest in a
certain anime/manga or video game.
4. They take pride in a cosplay that looks well
one.
5. Each cosplay is unique because the wearer
most likely made it him/herself.
6. Cosplaying has become their hobby.
 Reasons why cosplays are worn:
1. To take pride in one's own creation.
2. To wear something out of the ordinary.
3. To show support and/or interest in an
anime/manga/videogame.
4. Self-expression. Often, the character that is
chosen to be cosplayed mirrors the actual
person wearing it. The person's personality is
like the character.
ACTION FIGURE
 A small figure of a character from a film, television
programme, comic book etc. Designed as a toy and
often collected by enthusiasts.
o G.I. Joe
o Barbie doll
o Mini sculpture
o Popular TV shows
o Movie characters
o Anime characters
o Super heroes
ACTION FIGURE ENTHUSIAST
 These are the individual who are fond of collecting
things, stamps, old coins, matches, telephone cards,
even dried leaves or flowers.
 These traits have been passed unto from
generations to generations, unfortunately todays
collections are a bit expensive than before.
 Today, collections vary from collecting Barbie dolls,
original DVD of favorite movies or songs, paintings to
Remote Control (RC) cars to miniature ones and of
course the collections of famous marvel heroes and
justice league figures.
MICHAEL V.
 Not many people know that comedy genius Michael V
is an avid toy collector.
 The Bubble Gang star revealed to GMANetwork.com
last year that his fascination with toys started when he
was still a little kid.
 He shared that he used to make toys out of his
rubber slippers.
o So it's not surprising that he became ecstatic
when he finally fulfilled one of his childhood
dreams - to get his own Voltes V ‘Volt Cruiser’
toy figurine.
 He went on to talk about how long he waited to
purchase this toy, since his family back then was poor
and they had other priorities.
 Michael said, “As a kid, I never really got what I want.
I’m fortunate enough to get what I “need” but when I
want something really bad like the old Voltes V robot,
there’s always a zero chance of getting it.
YEXEL SEBASTIAN
 Black and White Street Kids at Work to Beat Machine
Higher Level, Street Boys, Sop Boys and
Jabbawockeez Fanatics.
 He has Millions of Followers on Facebook and
YouTube Yexel Channel that has over 80 million
Views, that Inspire many Filipinos in his film titled ''Ok
Lang Yan"
 Having a reputation of being the first Filipino toy
collector to own four toy museums in the
Philippines, he currently owns 50,000 toys. and over
900 Life Size Statues.
o With Largest collection of Iron man.
 Yexel's Toy Museum has housed Yexel
Sebastian's toy collection since 1989.
 It is located in Las Piñas, Philippines.
 The four-story building exhibits miniatures to life-sized
cartoon, animation, video games and movie-based
characters.
 Its main attraction is an 18-foot Optimus Prime bust
created by Abet Valdecantos.
 Sebastian's second museum, named ''Yexel's Toy
Collection''
o Located inside the Boom na Boom Complex in
Pasay City.
 As of December 2014, Yexel's Toy Museum's third
branch, dubbed as ''Amazing Stories of Yexel's
Museum''
o In partnership with the Manila Ocean Park, was
completed and introduced to the public.
WHAT IS CULTURE?
 Culture can be defined in several ways:
o It simply gives people’s lives meaning
o It is a source of one’s identity, of confidence
and self-esteem.
o It allows others to understand the world and
define their places within it.
 One’s culture is a summation of the needs of
people, a description of their past and present
condition, an expression of their values, thoughts, and
emotion and their deception of their historical
struggles to liberate themselves from the different
races.
 The Philippines is inhabited by more than 17
ethnolinguistic nations, the majority of whose
languages are Austronesian in origin.
 Many of these nations converted to Christianity,
particularly the lowland-coastal nations, and adopted
foreign elements of culture.
 ETHNIC GROUPS include the:
o Cebuano
o Tagalog
o Ilocano
o Bicolano
o Pangasinens
o Waray
o Kapampang
o Surigaonon
o Zamboangueño
o Hiligaynon who are also called Ilonggo.
 15% of the population is made up of what are
generally defined as indigenous people.
o They are the descendants of the original
inhabitants of the Philippines.
o Many of these groups were virtually untouched
by Spanish and American influence and largely
retained their customs and traditions.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
 Most well-known of these indigenous people are the
Igorot, a group that includes the:
o Bontoc
o Ibaloi
o Ifugao
o Kalinga
 The Igorots are tied together by a similar set of
cultural practices and beliefs.
o They highly value nature and they believe that
their gods reside in objects such as "trees and
in the mountains"
o Another distinguishing feature of the Igorot
tribe from Northern Luzon are their vibrant
pieces of clothing
THE FILIPINO CULTURE
 Filipinos has one of the best traits in the world.
o It is a combination of both cultures from the
East and West.
 Though the country has been colonized by several
countries but the core values from their ancestors
remained intact and are still being applied even to the
present times.
BELIEF SYSTEML FILIPINOS ARE RELIGIOUS
 They believe so much in supernatural power and to
trust prayers rather the hard work in realization of
their dreams.
 Success is considered as a blessing from the above,
a product of good luck and faith.
 Filipinos are also taught to value traits like
perseverance, patience, and endurance
VALUE SYSTEM
 Cultural values are shared assumptions of what is
right, good, or important.
 Values actually guide man's behavior and action as
he relates himself in moral situations.
 Filipino values can be seen from the aspects of
personal and social relationships.
o It can be seen in the languages/dialect used,
music and dances, food, religion, and different
ways of celebrating Values actually guide
man's behavior and action as he relates
himself in moral situations.
 The Filipinos value more their honor and status
more than anything else.
o Most of them would rather choose honor over
wealth.
 o Even in making decision, the consensus of the
family members is the feelings of those who
will be affected.
 Emphasis is given to social relationships which
can be seen through the hospitality they give their
visitors, friends and relatives and they engage in in
mutual cooperation which is best seen and expressed
through "Bayanihan”

UTANG NA LOOB
 A reciprocity of debt of gratitude to others within
the family circle or primary group which are
sometimes unlimited in nature, emotional rather than
financial.
 It is the inability to repay "utang na loob" that might
result in the individual being labeled as "walang utang
na loob" or "walang hiya."

PAKIKISAMA
 The value of belonginess and loyalty with
sensitivity to the feeling of others on the principle of
"give and take."
 It is a folk concept of good public relations and
avoidance of conflict with majority of the group.

HIYA
 Generally dependent on what others will think,
say, or do.
o Because of "hiya" a Filipino cannot say "no"
even if it is against his will to do what is being
required.
 Some Regional Traits
o Ilocanos - most adventurous, hardworking,
and frugal of Filipinos.
o Bicolanos - religious, mild tempered and
musically inclined; fond of spicy food with hot
pepper and coconut.
o Bisayans - extravagant, carefree and jolly;
they love clothes, jewelry and gay parties;
lavish and prefer to have good times to hard
work.