START-UP ACTIVITY: “CHANGES IN PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL SELF”
1. What are common secondary sexual male and female characteristics and how do
changes occur? Use the table in the next slide to fill it up.
COMMON MALE AND FEMALE
SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS
Growth of body hairs
Enlargement of breast/ breast
development
Deepening of voice and having adam’s
apple
Muscular development
Widening of the pelvic bowl and hips
Changes in your Genitals
HOW DO CHANGES OCCUR?
Both genders experience hair growth. It
also grows around the genitals it is
called, pubic hair. Both can also develop
hair growth on underarms. But usually,
boys develop more hair growth mainly
on their legs, face, check and back.
A female teenager’s breast begins to
develop between their age of 8 to 13 or
generally speaking, it develops on
puberty stage. It grows in response to
the hormones; estrogen and
progesterone. Breasts begin to grow
under the stimulation of these
hormones.
During puberty, boys develop a larger
larynx. This makes their voices deeper
over time, and it can create the bump at
the front of the throat that’s known as
an Adam’s apple.
Girls also undergo changes to their voice
box during this stage but not as
significant as in males.
The two important hormones for gaining
muscles are testosterone and growth
hormone. In boys’ puberty, it is much
more favorable for building muscle.
Girls’ estrogen causes the widening of
the pelvis as a part of sexual
differentiation and also changes the way
fat is stored on your body making your
waist, hips and buttocks more obvious.
For girls, their labia may change color
and grow bigger and also the ovaries,
vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes to
develop.
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For boys, the penis and testes will get
bigger. Erections will be more frequent.
Growth Spurt Girls’ growth spurt starts from the time
their periods start, girls grow 5 to 7.5cm
(2 to 3 inches) annually over the next
year or two, then reach their adult
height while in boys, become taller by
an average of 7 to 8cms, or around 3
inches a year, and more muscular.

2. How did you experience these changes?

I experience theses changes back when I was in high school. At first it was hard
because it was my first time and I don’t know what to do. I feel a little bit
uncomfortable of this sudden change. But I’ve gotten used to it as the time goes by,
and I finally learn how to manage it.

3. How does the society influence the sexual behavior of an individual?

It influences them by how others treat him/her. Young children follow what they see
in elders, they also obey their advices on how they should act.

4. Can we really change our natural or innate sexual organ and sexual response?

In today’s time, I can say that we can change our sexual organs and sexual response
through surgery and existing medical procedures for people who want to switch
genders.