[1] PRELIMS | PROCREATIVE HEALTH Flashcards
A complex concept that deals with the quality of being sex, sexual activity, and sexual receptivity or interest
Sexuality
Sexuality
Sum total quality of a ____
human being
It is a degree which a person exhibits and experiences maleness and femaleness, physically, emotionally, and mentally
Sexuality
Sexuality
By age ____, this view of self as male or female is already formed
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Biological differences between males and females
Sex
Eg. genitalia and genetic differences
The role of male or female in society known as a gender role, or an individual’s concept of themselves, or gender identity
Gender
Practices involving sexual intercourse and other behaviors involving stimulation of the genitalia and other erogenous zones for the purpose of procreation or gratification
Sexual Behavior
Denotes a person’s chromosomal sexual development
Male XY and Female XX
Biologic Gender
Biologic Gender
Contains the hereditary information necessary of cell life
Y chromosome
Biologic Gender
Carries the genes and functions in the transmission of hereditary formation
X chromosome
Inner sense a person has of being male or female
Gender Identity
Male or female behavior a person exhibits
Gender Role
May or may not be the same as biological gender or gender identity
The development of sexuality starts at ____
Conception
Development of Sexuality
Sum quality of human being and it begins at conception, when ____ is determined
biologic sex
Development of Sexuality
Grows in ____ as the infant learns to relate to the people and the world around him/her, and continues until death
infancy and childhood
Development of Sexuality
By age 3, most children are aware of their ____ as a result of consistent parental and social reinforcement
sexual identity
Stages of Sexual Development
Satisfaction through:
- Oral stimuli
- Contact with another
- Cuddling / Holding
Infancy
Infancy
Young infants learn to touch their genitals and seem to be capable of sexual arousal
Autosexuality
Love of self
Stages of Sexual Development
Involves toliet training, masturbation, and sexual identity
Toddler
Childhood
Children show a preference for playmates at the same sex
Homosexuality
Love of same sex
Childhood
Children may also show some romantic interest in members of the opposite sex
Heterosexuality
Love of the opposite sex
Stages of Sexual Development
Transition from childhood to adulthood
Adolescence
Adolescence
Finds physically and sexually mature young people trying to cope with new situations and sensations
Psychological Immaturity
Adolescence
Masturbation accompanies by fantasy is common
Sexual Experimentation
Stages of Sexual Development
Involves the responsibility and choice, marriage, and legitimate sexual expression
Adulthood
Adulthood
A person identifying with the opposite sex
Transsexuality