The sexual self Flashcards
is influenced by physical, psychological,
spiritual and cultural factors. As sexual beings, people
are identified by gender, role, assignment and
perception.
Human sexuality
is defined as how one thinks about himself or herself as a sexual individual.
Sexual selfhood
Greek word for women means
bearer of children
“Gyne”
The church decreed that all
sexual acts that do not lead
to procreation were
considered evil.
The Middle
Ages
The reason for sexual
intimacy was to strengthen
the physical and emotional
bond between husbands
and wives not just for
procreation
Protestant
Formation of
the 16th
Century
Puritans had positive views
on marital sex and did not
condone sex outside
marriage.
By the 17th
and 18th
Century
Women were told that they
should not enjoy having sex, if
they did, there was
something wrong with them;
Ejaculating more than once
month would greatly weaken
a man and masturbation
leads to blindness, insanity
and death
The Victorian Era
Sexuality became more
evident and accepted in
society.
20th
Century
Holds a positive and
natural outlook toward
marital sex which they
consider as blessed by
God and pleasure for
both men and women.
Judaism
Family is considered of
utmost important, and
celibacy within marriage
is prohibited
Islam
Sex is not only natural and
healthy, but a sacred
union is necessary to
people’s physical, mental
and spiritual being.
Taoism
Sexuality is seen as
spiritual force, and the
act of ritual lovemaking is
a means of both
celebrating and
transcending the physical
Hinduism
Marriage is purely for
intercourse and
procreation
Roman Catholic Church
word derived from the Latin word “secare” which means ‘to divide’
“Sex”
while the word ___ means ‘to
unite’
sexuality
has emerged as new phenomenon in adolescence and that it is important that sexuality be
viewed as a normal aspect of adolescent development.
Sexual arousal
refers to the characteristics of people as males or females
Gender
is a set of expectations that prescribes how females
and males should think, act and feel.
Gender role
the biological indicators of male and female
or having the capacity to reproduce
Sex and sexual
the initial assignment as male or female
which usually occurs at birth.
Gender Assignment
official and usually legal change of
gender
Gender Reassignment
a category of social identity that refers to an
individual’s identification as male, female or some category
other than male or female.
Gender Identity
the qualities and behaviors judged by a particular
culture to be ideally associated with or especially appropriate to
men and boys
Masculine
qualities and behaviors judged by a particular culture
to be ideally associated with or especially appropriate to women
and girls
Feminine
