QUARTER 1: HEALTH 8

Gender and Human Sexuality (Correlate with Values Education;

coordinate with Guidance Counselor)
A. Self – Love- Your acceptance of yourself
B. Self – Knowledge- Your understanding of your feelings and
your character
C. Self – Confidence- Your awareness of the things that you
can do well
D. Self – Respect- Your regard for yourself as a worthwhile
person
E. Self – Expression- Your way of showing your individuality in
expressing yourself as a man or as a woman
Sexuality is an integral part of being human. Love, affection, and
sexual intimacy contribute to healthy relationships and individual
well-being.
- Parents’ moral duty is to provide the children with gradual
education and in sexual life.
- Negative effect if the parents failed to educate their children
about the importance of sexual health
- Sexual health is about having a positive and respectful approach
to sexuality and sexual relationships.
Factors that affect one’s attitudes and practices
related to sexuality and sexual behaviors.
1. Family is the basic unit of the society.
2. Peer is a one belonging to the same societal group especially
based on age, grade, or status.
3. Culture is the customary beliefs, social forms, and material
traits of a racial, religious or social group.
4. Media are the communication outlets or tools to store and
deliver information or data.

- The role of family is to provide love, support, security,

comfort, and a framework of values.
- Culture affects us a person by our attitude, beliefs, values
and behaviors and integrate it to his/her way of life.
- Friends influence you as a teen by sharing his/her positive
ideas, attitudes, insights beliefs and etc.
- Media help you grow and learn through communication,
providing information and other means of creating and
shaping opinion of an individual.
- As teens, we should consider the influence of our family,
friends and classmates for our own sake.
Teenage concerns
1. Identity crisis- a period of uncertainty or confusion in a
person's life
2. Sexual identity and sexual behavior- Sexual orientation is
defined as who you are attracted to physically and/or
romantically.
3. Pre-marital sex- penetrative vaginal intercourse performed
between couples before formal marriage.
4. teenage pregnancies- Pregnancy in a female under the age of
20.
5. abortion- the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy,
during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy.

Development of decision-skills in managing sexuality related

issues.

Decision making is the process of making choices by identifying a

decision, gathering information, and assessing alternative
resolutions.

STEPS:
- Determine the problem
- Explore the alternatives
- Consider the consequences
- Identify your values
- Decide evaluate