MARRIAGE, SEXUALITY, AND HUMAN REPRODUCTION PART 1 Flashcards
- It encompasses both sex (i.e. who we are and what we think, feel and do sexually, as well as the
meanings given to sex) - It does not necessarily include genital intercourse or related sexual practices
sexuality
The biologic aspect of one’s personhood, the individual’s biologic make-up based on the appearance of
the genitals
sex
Genital behavior, i.e. What we think, feel, and do sexually
sex
- Refers to the emotional and erotic preference for the category of people → heterosexual, homosexual,
or bisexual - How an individual prefers to relate sexually or intimately
sexual orientation
Refers to the individual
sexual identity
The operative term which is indicative of whether the individual considers himself or
herself as male or female
self-identification
true or false - Sexual identity is related to but different from gender identity
true
A socially constructed designation
gender
This refers to the individual’s subjective sense of being a man or woman. It is the individual’s inner
sense of self as a man or woman
gender identity
importance of sexuality
- human being is profoundly affected by his sexuality
- the source of the biological, sexual, and psychological and spiritual traits that determine a person’s gender - crucial to the development and socialization
SEX IS MORALLY LEGITIMATE ONLY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF MARRIAGE
conventional sexual morality
Not willing to accept that sex without love is immoral
liberal view of sexual morality
The attraction and love of the sexes finds its expression in the act of ___
sexual love
____ is not the purpose/aim of sexual function. It is the divinely instituted allurement of
human beings to use their sexual powers and thereby to maintain and to propagate life.
pleasure
purpose of sexual love
- propagation of mankind
- a means to express mutual love
- creates a community
- mutual love is enhanced
true or false - SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE IS ETHICALLY WRONG
true
a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered in accordance
with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life
marriage
the foundation of the family and an
inviolable social institution whose nature, consequences, and incidents are governed by law and not subject to stipulation
marriage
o The process by which an organism produces others of its biologic kind
o The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
procreation
2 principles of procreation
- spouse responsible collaboration with the fruitful love of god
- gift of human life must be actualized in marriage
responsibilities of the spouses
know and understand their/the:
- sexuality
- unity of marriage
- personality
- duties with their children
The act of sexual intercourse between two opposite sexes
conjugal act
unitive = ??
procreative = ??
love giving
life giving
an attitude of sexual responsibility resulting in concern and respect for the sexual partner,
treating him or her as an individual in his own right not as a sexual object to be used at convenience
chastity
Committed by any woman who shall have sexual intercourse with a man not her husband and by
the man who has carnal knowledge of her, knowing her to be married, even if the marriage be
subsequently declared void.
adultery
1 sexual intercourse = ___ count of adultery
1
penalty of adultery
12 years imprisonment for both perpetrators
Any husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or shall have sexual intercourse,
under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife, or shall cohabit with her in any
other place
concubinage
punishment for concubinage
male - 6 years imprisonment
female - destiero
Sexual interaction between individuals of the same gender
homosexuality
health care problems on homosexuality
o Depression and suicide
o Substance misuse
o Prostitution
o Sexually transmitted diseases
o Eating disorders
o Anal cancer
when does life begin?
at fertilization
The deliberate prevention of conception
contraception
essential action of contraceptives
prevent fertilization by precluding the meeting of ovum and sperm
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10354
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012
Guarantees universal access to medically-safe, non-abortifacient, effective, legal, affordable, and
quality reproductive health care services, methods, devices, supplies which do not prevent the
implantation of a fertilized ovum as determined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and
relevant information and education
RA 10354 - The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012
