Intro to HS

Question 1

What is sex?

Answer 1

Genetic and physical characteristics that differentiate male and female.

Question 2

What is gender?

Answer 2

Psychosocial characteristics that differentiate masculinity and femininity.

Question 3

What is sexuality?

Answer 3

The physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of an individual that make up his or her unique sexual being.

Question 4

What are the 8 main topics surrounding sexuality?

Answer 4

Beliefs and values, personality (personal choice), self image, gender (roles & orientation), socialization (relationships), physical expression, body image, and communication

Question 5

What did Dennis Dailey (1984) describe as the 5 aspects of sexuality?

Answer 5

1. Sensuality
2. Intimacy
3. Sexual Identity
4. Reproduction
5. Sexualization

Question 6

What is sensuality?

Answer 6

The need and ability to be aware of and accepting of our own body.

Question 7

Sensuality includes:

Answer 7

Anatomy and physiology, sexual response, body image, satisfaction of skin hunger, attraction template (kickstarts our arousal), and fantasy “most of sexuality is in the mind”

Question 8

What is intimacy?

Answer 8

The need and ability to experience emotional closeness to another person

Question 9

Dennis Dailey considered intimacy to include:

Answer 9

Caring, sharing, risk taking, vulnerability, self disclosure

Question 10

What is sexual intimacy?

Answer 10

Ability to give feedback & be heard in sexual relationships

Question 11

What is sexual identity?

Answer 11

The continual process of discovering who we are in terms of our sexuality.

Question 12

Sexual identity includes:

Answer 12

Gender roles, orientation, self esteem, confidence level, relationship, roles as child and adult, perception of self sex/gender

Question 13

What is reproduction?

Answer 13

All health that relates to sex

Question 14

Reproduction includes:

Answer 14

Reproductive bias re values and attitudes, renewal of life - morality issues, anatomy and physiology, lifestyles, contraception and fertility issues, STI including AIDS

Question 15

What is sexualization?

Answer 15

The use of our sexuality to influence, control or manipulate others eg. rape, putting down women

Question 16

True or False: Paraphilias are not seen as deviant.

Answer 16

False, it is seen as deviant.

Question 17

What are values?

Answer 17

The qualities in life that are deemed important or unimportant, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable.

Question 18

What are moral values?

Answer 18

Relate to our conduct with and treatment of other people, more than just right or wrong. Looks at the whole picture.

Question 19

What are sexual moral values?

Answer 19

Relate to the rightness and wrongness of sexual conduct and when and how sexuality should be expressed.

Question 20

What are the sources of sexual values?

Answer 20

Sexual values can be learned in different ways, at different rates, and have different results. Most of us acquire our sexual values from our social environment