sexuality and substance use/abuse Flashcards
Sexuality
Sexuality encompasses our physical development, sexual knowledge, attitudes, values and behaviors. In other words, it includes everything that defines us as girls and boys, women and men.
Refers to everything about you as a male/female person. Includes the way you act, your personality, and feelings about yourself.
The bishops definition of sexuality
some people describe sexuality is the language of love, a force that draws people out of them selves towards others. It is also a fundamental aspect of an individual’s personality/identity. Sexuality, maleness and femaleness, is not something that we have, but something we are. It’s one of gods gifts of creation that involves the whole person: body and spirit.
self-esteem
A feeling of pride in yourself and a sense of self-worth.
sexual intimacy
A way of expressing intimate feelings for another person.
The BAC limits
The legal limit to drive with a 0.08 BAC. an officer can suspend your license for 12 hours if your BAC is 0.05% or if you refuse to take a breathalyzer test.
herpes
one of the most common STDs worldwide. It is divided into two types. Type 1 is typically oral herpes (ex. cold sores). Type 2 is typically genital herpes. usually starts as a blister that later become open sores. Painful and itchy. Contact with the sores may cause transmission of the virus. Once infected, you carry the virus forever - there is no cure. There are medications available to help treat outbreaks and allow them to heal quickly.
4 classes of illegal drugs
cannabis, hallucinogens, CNS depressants, CNS stimulants
CNS - central nervous system
Syphilis
Is an std that usually enters the body through mucus membranes (ew lol). infected can pass on disease when a rash or sore is present. 4 stages: primary is a chancre (painless sore) on genitals/anus/mouth. secondary is highly contagious rashes 4-10 weeks in. latent stage is no symptoms and lasts for a year and if a mother gives birth in that stage she passes it on to her infant, too. late/tertiary stage many many health problems (health, heart, eyes, etc).
gonorrhoea
an std caused by a bacteria that can grow and multiply easily in warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract like the cervix, womb, Fallopian tubes, and in men the urethral tubes. it can be cured but permanent damage may have been caused.
chlamydia
a common std caused by a bacteria that damages a women’s reproductive organs. serious complications and irreversible damage can be caused, like infertility, can occur silently before a women even notices its there. it can also discharge from a mans penis.
healthy relationships
in healthy relationships, partners respect themselves and one another; and you can sitter and show concern for each other’s feelings
gender
The term gender applies to social factors; it is the condition of being female or male as defined by society
The impact of media on decision-making
character relationships on TV: Jersey shore, Sammie and Ronnie
lifestyles of characters in sitcoms: 2 1/2 men, Charlie
seductive commercials: sexualized females
The impact of culture on decision-making
upbringing, religious beliefs, role models
The difference between the effects of media and culture on decision-making
in the media it’s what you see on TV shows or on advertisements, in your culture it was how you were raised and taught
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