CURRENT ISSUES RELATED

TO HUMAN SEXUALITY
• HUMAN SEXUALITY IS A BROAD TERM THAT ENCOMPASSES SEX, GENDER, IDENTITIES
AND ROLES, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, EROTICISM, PLEASURE, INTIMACY, AND
REPRODUCTION.1 OUR VIEWS ON SEXUALITY ARE INFLUENCED BY CULTURAL, SOCIAL,
ETHNIC, AND RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND PRACTICES. THESE VIEWS MAY CHANGE
THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIME AND LIFE EXPERIENCES.
• THERE ARE 3 COMPONENTS OF HUMAN SEXUALITY: BODY IMAGE, SEXUALITY OR SEXUAL
FUNCTIONING AND REPRODUCTION. THESE ASPECTS ARE DISTINCT, YET THEY OVERLAP 
• BODY IMAGE IS THE WAY IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS SEES THEMSELVES OR THINK THAT
OTHERS SEE THEM
• SEXUAL FUNCTION IS A SPECIFIC ASPECT OF SEXUALITY THAT INCORPORATES
HORMONAL LEVELS, DESIRE, AND GENDER ANATOMY
• REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION IS THE CAPACITY TO BEAR OR FATHER CHILDREN
• SEXUAL HEALTH INTEGRATES THE SOMATIC, INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL
ASPECTS OF BEING SEXUAL
• SEXUALITY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF NORMAL LIFE AND IMPORTANT TO QUALITY OF LIFE.
SEXUALITY IS MULTIFACETED AND INCORPORATES THE FOLLOWING: MOST PEOPLE HAVE LITTLE
FACTUAL OR ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SEXUAL ISSUES, SO MYTHS ARE COMMON. FOR
MANY PATIENTS, ALTERATIONS IN SEXUALITY OR SEXUAL FUNCTION ARE OFTEN DISMISSED AS A
NORMAL SIDE EFFECT OF THE DISEASE AND TREATMENT. THEREFORE, PROBLEMS MAY BE
UNDERDIAGNOSED OR UNDERRATED. THESE SEXUAL DISTURBANCES CAN BE SEVERE, MAY BE
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT, AND CAN AFFECT ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
• EVERYTHING THAT MAKES US MALE OR FEMALE
• CONNECTION TO EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES
• THE WAY IN WHICH WE RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER
• WHAT WE BELIEVE AND HOW WE BEHAVE
• FEELING FREE TO ENJOY TOUCH AND CARESSING
• FEELINGS ABOUT OUR BODIES
• NEED TO CONNECT TO OTHER HUMAN BEINGS IN AN INTIMATE WAY
• INTEREST IN ENGAGING IN SEXUAL BEHAVIORS AND ABILITY TO DO SO SATISFACTORILY
• COMMUNICATING FEELINGS AND NEEDS TO A PARTNER
ACCORDING TO GOD’S LAW, THERE ARE ONLY TWO
GENDERS
1. MALE
2. FEMALE
- AND THAT WE GROW IN THIS SEXES, BECOMING
ATTRACTED TO THE OPPOSITE SEX WHICH WE CALL
HETEROSEXUAL ORIENTATION.
- IN REALITY SOME DEVELOP A LIKING OR OR SEXUAL
PREFERENCE FOR THE SAME SEX. WE CALL THIS
HOMOSEXUAL ORIENTATION.
HOMOSEXUALITY – IT IS A STATE OF
MANY MEN AND WOMEN , WHO WITH OR
WITHOUT THEIR OWN DELIBERATE
CHOICE AND SOMETIMES EVEN AGAINST
THEIR OWN FREE WILL, EXPERIENCE AN
ATTRACTION OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION
TOWARD SOMEONE OF THE SAME
GENDER.
 A HUMAN PERSON CAN DEVELOP A HOMOSEXUAL
ORIENTATION BECAUSE OF VARIOUS FACTORS:
1. UNRESOLVED PERSONAL PERSONAL INSECURITIES
RELATED TO ONE’S PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
ATTRIBUTES
2. POOR PARENTAL ROLE - MODELLING DURING YEARS OF
SEXUAL IDENTIFICATION.
3. REJECTION BY PEERS
4. SOCIAL INFLUENCE
5. SEXUAL ABUSE
ALL HUMAN PERSONS ARE CALLED BY GOD
TO PRACTICE THE VIRTUE OF CHASTITY IN
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF AND
OTHERS.

CHASTITY – IT IS THE STATE OR PRACTICE

OF REFRAINING FROM EXTRAMARITAL, OR
ESPECIALLY FROM ALL, SEXUAL
WE OFFERED OUR DIGNITY AS SEXUAL HUMAN BAINGS WHEN WE FAIL TO PRACTICE
CHASTITY IN THE FOLLOWING:
1. ENTERTAINING SEXUAL THOUGHTS.
2. MAKING FUN OF CERTAIN WORDS, BODY MOVEMENTS, OR OBJECT THAT ARE
SEXUALLY – RELATED FOR PURPOSES OF RIDICULING, TEASING OR OFFENDING
ANOTHER PERSON.
3. TOUCHING ONE’S BODY OR ANOTHERS BODY PARTS UNNECESSARILY AND
WITHOUT CONSENT.
4. CHATTING, USING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT WORDS
5. VIEWING PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES AND WEBSITES
6. MASTURBATING
7. ENGAGING IN PREMARITAL OR EXTRAMARITAL SEX