CHAPTER 4: The Sexual Self Flashcards
is characterized as a person’s
evaluation of his or her own sexual feelings and actions.
SEXUAL SELF CONCEPT
It is studied by him in 2009, it was found that the Filipino Youth obtained information about love and sexuality mainly from friends. However, they valued
parents’ opinions more than their friends’.
Jokin De Irala
sexual self-concept consists of four(4) main factors
Information or event
Sexual esteem
Sexual feelings
Sexual behaviour and function
External events that affect sexual function or affect
aspects of sexuality.
Information or event
Cognition, attitudes, and sexual schemata
Sexual esteem
Feelings about sexuality and function.
Sexual feelings
Procreation or a desire for children may motivate sexual behavior.
Sexual behaviour and function
is a primary category of human social perception.
Sex
each individiual is classified by
biological sex
is the classification whether the individual is
male or female.
biological sex
(XX or XY)
Chromosomes
(ovaries or testes)
Gonads
(estrogens or testosterone)
Gonadal hormones
(fallopian tubes, uterus, vas
deferens/ seminal vesicles)
Internal accessory organs
(clitoris, labia minora, vaginal orifice or
penis, and scrotum.
External genitalia