UNDERSTANDING THE SELF – MIDTERMS

LESSON 4 – THE SELF IN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN

THOUGHTS
EASTERN – ASIA
WESTERN – EUROPE AND NORTHERN AMERICA
ACTIVITY # 6
- WRITE 5 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN
SOCIETY, CULTURE AND INDIVIDUALS
 CONFUCIANISM = SELF – CULTIVATION – ULTIMATE
PURPOSE OF LIFE
 TAOISM = SIMPLE LIFESTYLE
 BUDDHISM = THE SELF IS THE SOURCE OF ALL SUFFERINGS
WESTERN – INDIVIDUALISTIC CULTURE, FOCUS IS ON THE
PERSON
ASIAN -COLLECTIVISTIC CULTURE ; GROUPS AND SOCIAL
RELATIONS IS GIVEN MORE IMPORTANCE

ACTIVITY # 7
EXPLAIN YOURSELF WITH THE FILIPINO CULTURE
LESSON 5 – THE PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL SELF
ACTIVITY # 8
 COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
1. FOR ME, BEAUTY MEANS _____________
2. A BEAUTIFUL PERSON IS ______________
3. I AM BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE ____________
4. LIST DOWN NAMES OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW WHO ARE
BEAUTIFUL

 SOCIETY SHAPES THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ( HOW?)

 SEX CHANGE ( WHY?)

 8TH WEEK OF EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT – GONADS

BEGIN TO FORM
 GONADS – REPRODUCTIVE GLANDS THAT PRODUCE THE
GAMETES: TESTES AND OVARY
 MALE – TESTES = SPERM CELL ( ANDROGEN AND
TESTOSTERONE)
 FEMALE – EGG CELL ( ESTROGEN AND
PROGESTERONE)
ABNORMALITY = HERMAPHRODITE ( ACCESSORY
REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THAT DO NOT MATCH THEIR
GONADS)
PUBERTY – 10 – 15 Y/O ( FUNCTIONAL REPRODUCTION)
MENARCHE – 1ST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
INFECTOINS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IS COMMON:
EG. VAGINAL INFECTIONS
ESCHERICHIA COLI -DIGESTIVE TRACT
STD – SYPHYLLIS, GONORRHEA, HERPES ( MAY CAUSE
PELVIC PAIN AND STERILITY)
MALE : CAUSED BY SEXUAL CONTACT:
1. PROSTATITIS
2. URETHRITIS
3. ORCHIDITIS – INFLAMMATION OF THE
TESTES THAT OCCURS AFTER MUMPS,
MAY CAUSE STERILITY
NEOPLASMS – TUMORS IN BREAST AND CERVIX
( CANCERS)
PROSTATE CANCER – MALE

BEST REPRODUCTION – LATE 20’S

MENOPAUSE – ENDING CHILD BEARING ABILITY
NATURAL METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION:
1. ABSTINENCE – REFRAINING FROM SEXUAL CONTACT
2. CALENDAR METHOD / RHYTHM METHOD – NO CONTACT
WHEN A WOMAN IS FERTILE
3. BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE – WOMENS TEMPERATURE
AT REST
4. CERVICAL MUCUS METHOD ( STICKY OR WATERY)
5. COITUS INTERRUPTUS/ WITHDRAWAL
ARTIFICIAL METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION:
1. ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES – PILLS ( ESTROGEN PREVENTS
OVULATION)
2. TRANSDERMAL PATCH
3. SUBDERMAL IMPLANTS ( UNDER THE SKIN 3-5 MONTHS)
4. HORMONAL INJECTIONS ( ONCE EVERY 12 WEEKS)
5. INTRA UTERINE DEVICE ( IUD) – VIA UTERUS ( 5-7 YRS.)
6. MALE CONDOMS
7. SURGICAL METHOD – VASECTOMY IN MALES; TUBAL
LIGATION IN FEMALES

ACTIVITY # 9
1. CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WILL RAISE AWARENESS TO
HELP ELIMINATE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUTH
2. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZING MARRIAGE AMONG
HOMOSEXUALS AND TRANSGENDERS? WHY?
 LESSON 6 – TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY? MATERIAL SELF
 WORLD OF SALE AND SHOPPING
“ WE REGARD OUR POSSESSIONS AS PART OF OURSELVES,
WE ARE WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE POSSESS”
ACTIVITY # 10 DEBIT CARD CHALLENGE
- MAKE A LIST OF WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, WRITE AS
MANY AS YOU WANT ( FOR WHOM?)
MATERIAL SELF :
WE ARE ATTACHED TO SOMETHING WE CANNOT LIVE
WITHOUT ( INVESTMENTS)
1. OUR BODY - AILMENTS / SOME INSURE THEIR BODY PARTS
2. CLOTHES – SELF EXPRESSION
3. FAMILY – WE DIE WHEN ONE DIES
4. HOME – NEST
MATERIAL POSSESSIONS TO FIND HAPPINESS
RELATING MATERIAL THINGS TO A PERSON
WHAT WE VALUE?
ACTIVITY # 11
MAKE ACOLLAGE OF YOUR TREASURED POSSESSIONS – WRITE
A NOTE WHY YOU TREASURE EACH
ACTIVITY # 12
RESEARCH ON FILIPINO CONSUMER CULTURE