FINALS Flashcards
designed to discuss facets of human sexuality like sexual behaviour,
understanding, identifying sexual orientations and differentiating love fromlust.
influenced by physical, psychological, spiritual, cultural factors
Sexual Self
it is defined as how one thinks about himself or herself as a sexual
individual
SEXUAL SELFHOOD
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
In Ancient Greece, it is the male that assumes the dominant role.
The penis was viewed as the symbol of fertility and how the male body was structures and greatly admired. The wife is considered object to be owned like property. Women are not allowed to read and write. Her only function was to bear children.
Historical
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The greek word for woman is? Which means?
“gyne”- bearer of children
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
-UNDER HISTORICAL
the Church decreed that all sexual acts that do not lead to procreation were considered evil
The Middle Ages (476-1450)
THE PERSPECTIVE OF MIDDLE AGES
Women were labelled as:
a. Temptress – like Eve
b. Woman of Virtue – like the Virgin Mary
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
-UNDER HISTORICAL
believed that sexuality is a natural part of life and that priests should marry and have their families.
Marthin Luther and John Calvin asserted that the reason for sexual intimacy was to strengthen the physical and emotional bond between husbands and wives and not just for procreation.
The Protestantism (1483-1546)
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
-UNDER HISTORICAL
group of people who disconnected with the Church of England. Premarital sex is considered immoral.
The Puritans (17th and 18th century)
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
-UNDER HISTORICAL
homosexuality and prostitution were rampant. Sex is a marital duty. Women were told not to enjoy sex, and if they did,there was something wrong with them. They believed that masturbation leads to blindness, insanity and death. – (Robinson, 2005 in Rosenthal, 2013)
The Victorian Era (1837-1901)
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
In the nervous system it is the brain that initiates and organize sexual behaviour. Through the process of sexual reproduction, the next generation of human beings are created by fusion of the egg cell and the sperm cell.
Biological
SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE AND FEMALE
Male
1. Voice becomes much lower (breaks)
2. Hair growth on chest, face, underarms, arms, legs and pubic area
3. Increase in muscle size
4. Skin becomes oily and pores enlarge
Female
1. Breasts enlarge
2. Hair growth underarms and pubic area
3. Hip widens
4. Skin becomes oily and pores enlarge
PRIMARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE AND FEMALE
Male
1. Testes
2. Penis
3. Scrotum
4. Seminal vesicles and prostate glands
Female
1. Ovaries
2. Fallopian tubes
3. Uterus
4. Vagina
are the thread like structures found in the nucleus of each cell of the body are composed of genes
Chromosomes
basic unit of heredity
Genes
Human beings have how many chromosomes in the nucleus of each bodycell?
23 pairs (46)
The first 22 pairs of chromosomes are called
autosomes
The 23rd pair of the chromosomes are called
sex chromosomes
What sex has XX chromosomes including 23rd chromosomes?
Female
What sex has XY chromosomes?
Male
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
This perspective studies how evolutionary forces affect sexual
behaviour
Survival is the goal of evolutionary
Traits that lead to reproductive advantage tend to be passed on, whereas maladpative traits are lost. What important in human sexual relationships is** love, care and responsibility.**
Sociobiological/Evolutionary
PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIOBIOLOGICAL/EVOLUTIONARY
a process by which organisms that are best suited to their environment are most likely to survive.
Natural Selection
PERSPECTIVE OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
explained that sexuality is not a mere physical response. It involves emotions, thoughts and beliefs.
Psychological
According to Sigmund Freud, human beings are faced with two forces
- sex instinct or libido (pleasure)
- death or aggresive instinct.
A person’s libido or sexual energy is located in an area of the body at different psychosexual stages. These areas of pleasure are called
includes the mouth, anus and genitals
erogenous zones