Building

and
maintainin
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White (2014), there are
seven rules of ATTRACTION:

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PHYSICAL
ATTRACTIVE
NESS
Attraction usually starts because
physical beauty influences the
choices of person.

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 2.
proximity
Refers to being physically near someone
like living along the same street, seating
next to each other, or working in the same
company.

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similarity
People with similar attitudes, beliefs,
and interests are engage in similar
activities or behaviors

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complementary
Complementary qualities are
characteristics in one person that fill a
need in the other.

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Reciprocity of
liking
Strong inclination to like a person
because you knew he/she likes
you too; norm of reciprocity

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 Biblical
definition
- The definition of love given is already the
perfect
kind of love: love that is selfless and all giving.
- An ideal standard to strive for in a relationship.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 “Love is patient, love is
kind”

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 A scientific
perspective
Love is a powerful drive that excites the
brain and sets a neurological condition,
such that neurotransmitters release
different chemicals in the body. Such
neurotransmitters elicit are dopamine,
norepinephrine (adrenalin), and serotonin.

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 Philosophical
foundations
Philosophers of ancient Greece had pondered on
love. Their thoughts led them into thinking about
love in different ways.
- “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting
two bodies.” – Aristotle
- “At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet”
- Plato

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 Four kinds of love according to
philosophy
Eros - sexual or passionate love, and is the type
most akin to our modern construct of romantic
love
Philia – brotherly love that characterizes
friendship
Storge – love for family and close companions
Agape – divine and unconditional love of God for
man
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 Passion
Physical aspect of
love; hugs, kisses,
appreciating
Intimacy looks of the
Commitment
Shares common person
Choice one makes
emotional ties to one
about a relationship
another; attachment

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Forms of LOVE
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Liking (intimacy only)
- When the person feels a sense
of emotional closeness such as
sharing deep information about
each other.
- True friendship.

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 Infatuation (passion
only)
- “LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT”
- Physical attraction is what
keeps the relationship going
- Often experienced by
adolescents

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Empty love
(Commitment only)
Fixed marriages for example can start as an
empty love wherein the person is likely to stay
in the relationship even without intimacy and
passion.

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Romantic love (Intimacy + Passion)
- Attachment are not caused
by physical attributes but
emotional aspects.
- Usually kind of love
experienced by couples who
are about to get married.

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Compassionate love
(Intimacy + Commitment)
- Usually observed in some
long-time
marriages where passion (physical
closeness) was gone but emotional
closeness and commitment persist.

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Fatuous love (passion + commitment)
- Whirlwind courtship
- Hardly know each other and
already decided to be in a
relationship and soon get
married.

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Consummate love
(intimacy + passion + commitment)
Ideal and perfect kind of love that many people would like
to have but apparently only few can achieve.

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 This means that
adolescents whose
relationship become
longer may have
more chance of
performing sexual
acts.

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YOUNG ADULT FERTILITY& SEXUALITY (YAFS4) STUDY
University of the Philippines
Population Institute (2013)

Since 1994, there has

been a rise in the
proportion of 18-24
old youth having sex
before the age of 18.

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YOUNG ADULT FERTILITY& SEXUALITY (YAFS4) STUDY
University of the Philippines
Population Institute (2013)

Among 19,178
respondents showed 1
out of 3 Filipino youth
had premarital sex,
most of them young
adults aged 20-24
(54%).

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Do you know…
× Adolescents usually engage in vaginal
intercourse.
× Some participate in anal or oral intercourse to
avoid early pregnancy and maintain virginity.
× These activities may lead in acquiring sexually
transmitted infections.

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Premarital sex
A sexual activity done by
people outside the boundary
of marriage.

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Teenage pregnancy
According to National
Demographic and Health Survey
(2012), as reported by the
Philippine Statistics Authority, one
in ten Filipino teenage women
(from ages 15 to 19) has begun
pregnancy.

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Outcomes:
 Poor/less education
 Socio-economic status (poor family)
 Drug use
 Inadequate food intake – low birth weight and
poor prenatal care
 Possible premature delivery – high risk of
having developmental disabilities
 Financial difficulties
 Lacks maturity, skills and social support to be
good parents
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“That’s why it is imperative to
enable them to develop into
responsible adolescents
capable of making rational
decisions based on adequate
information and better
understanding of reproductive
health,”
-Sec. Leonor Briones (2018)

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 Sexually
transmitted
infections
Are acquired through sexual contact
and are usually acquired by teenagers
with early sexual activity exposure
and/or unprotected sex
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Genital
warts
- Caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV)
– leading cause of cervical cancer
- Soft skin growths that occur on the genitals
that can cause discomfort or itch.
- It may also appear on other areas of the
body like mouth, tongue or throat if the
person had oral sex with an infected person.

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 WARNING

SENSITIVE
PICTURES AHEAD
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 Pharyngeal
gonorrhea
- Very common infectious disease that can be
transmitted through sexual activity or can be
spread prenatally from the mother to the
infant during childbirth.
- It contaminates the cervix, uterus, and
fallopian tubes in women and urethra in both
men and women.

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 Genital
herpes
- Chronic, recurring, often painful and highly
contagious disease which affects the
immune system or a newborn infant if the
mother is infected at the time of childbirth.
- Sores typically look as blisters on or around
the area of genitals, rectum or mouth.

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 Human immunodeficiency
virus (hiv)
- The virus that causes acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is
acquired by bodily fluids such as the blood
and semen through sharing intravenous
needles or sexual contact.
- It attacks the immune system that will put
the person at risk in acquiring fatal diseases.

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 Human immunodeficiency
virus (hiv)
- HIV stands for human immunodeficiency
virus, which is the virus that causes HIV
infection. The abbreviation “HIV” can refer
to the virus or to HIV infection.
- AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV
infection (AidsInfo, 2019).

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 Healthy expressions
of× Respect
love each other
× Exercise give and take in the
relationship
× Give each other space to grow

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 Personal
responsibility
you must always
consider taking full
responsibility of your
own emotional,
spiritual, physical and
mental well-being

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