UTS PHYSICAL SELF & SEXUAL SELF
health as well as how you behave.
PHYSICAL SELF
Beauty is appreciated varies through time, culture,
and the various perceptions about the world.
Beauty can be described as happiness
two views about beauty
1. Beauty is Objective
2. Beauty is Subjective
Objective (SPA)
● St. Augustine - Beautiful things gave delight,
He believed to be a latter.
● Plato - Beauty is response to love & desire,
beauty is a reflection of ideas that already
exist in a realm of form.
● Aristotle - Beauty is in the form of order,
symmetry & definiteness throughout
mathematical science
Subjective (DIF)
● David Hume - It exists merely in the mind
which contemplates them, beauty is in the
eye of the beholder.
● Immanuel Kant - Judgement of taste is
therefore not a judgement of cognition and
is not consequently not logical but
aesthetical.
● Francis Hutcheson - Internal sense of
beauty operates as an internal/external
sense.
Psychology About Beauty
● Attractive persons make more money than
average looking people.
Halo Effect
● Cognitive Bias for reasoning, evaluating,
remembering or any other mental process
that is often results of holding one’s
preference.
Cultural Traditions
● A significant impact to a person on how feel
himself/herself as well as his/her body
image.
Self-Esteem
● Coined by William James in 1800 (American
Psychologist and Educator)
● 1960 scientist called it “One’s worth as a
person”
● It is important as it affects your mental
Body Image
● How you view your physical body
(Attractive/Disgusting)
“Don’t Judge the book by its cover”
SEXUAL SELF
Defined as an individual's perceptions, beliefs,
identity and own sexual thought which is present as
a predictor of contraceptive activities among teens.
● After fertilization, primordial gonads begin to
develop that turn into zygote and multiply to
form a fetus.
● XX Chromosomes = Female Sex
● XY Chromosomes = Male Sex
● SRY gene is the responsible for male
development triggering testes formation
Primary Sex Characteristics
● Focusing in Male/Female reproductive
system.
Secondary Sex Characteristics
● Focusing on Hormonal Changes between
both genders.
Puberty
● Stage when individuals become sexually -
mentally matured.
● Boys and Girls go through similar hormonal
changes but the outcomes are different.
Erogenous Zone
● Eros (Love) - Genous (Producing)
● Sensitive region of the body that is when
stimulated can trigger sexual arousal or
pleasurable sensations. Such as lips, neck,
breasts, genitals, nipples, and skin contacts.
HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE
● William Masters and Virginia Johnson in the
1950s, pioneered research to understand
human sexual response, dysfunction, and
disorder.
● Refers to physical and emotional
occurrences when a person engages in
sexual activity.
Four phases of human sexual response cycle
1. Excitement (Nipples erect, lubrication
begins, swelling)
 2. Plateau (Intensified, progressing, tension
increase)
3. Orgasm (Increased, feet spasm, sex flush,
climax)
4. Resolution (Back to normal, rest)
BASIC BIOLOGY OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
● Brain is the largest sex organ controlling the
biological urges, mental processes as well
the emotional and physical response.
Roles of Hormones in Sexual Activity
1. Oxytocin - Love hormones, involved in
maintaining close relationship
2. Follicle - Responsible for ovulation in
females
3. Luteinizing Hormone - Regulating testes in
men and ovaries in women. Produced
testosterone
4. Vasopressin - Male arousal phase
5. Estrogen and Progesterone - Regulate
motivation to engage in sexual behavior for
females.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHEMISTRY OF LUST,
LOVE, AND ATTACHMENT
● Falling in love can be a beautifully wild
experience, it is a rush of longing, passion,
and euphoria.
Helen Fisher - Proposed 3 stages of failing in love;
and for each stage. A different set of chemicals run
the show.
Three Stages
1. Lust (Erotic passion)
2. Attraction (Romantic passion)
3. Attachment (Commitment)
● Lust - Marked by physical attraction, driven
by testosterone and estrogen, does not
guarantee that the couple will fall in love.
(Hypothalamus of the brain has the big role
in producing sex hormones)
● Attraction - Starting to crave for your
partner’s presence, fantasizing things as a
couple.
1. Norepinephrine - Responsible for
extra energy and triggers heart
increase, alert state of body.
2. Dopamine - Motivation and goal
directed behavior, released when do
things feel good
3. Serotonin - Thoughts cause
obsessive thinking, known to be
involved in appetite and mood.
Attachment
● Involves desire to make a lasting
commitment with your significant other.
THE DIVERSITY IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
● Sexual Orientation - Emotional and Erotic
attraction toward another.
● Gender Identity - Sense of being male,
female and lgbtq+ identities.
● LGBTQ+ - Umbrella term for wide spectrum
of gender identities.
1. Lesbian - Females who attracted to
women
a. Butch - Masculine
Appearance
b. Femme - Feminine
Appearance
Tomboy vs Lesbian - Tomboy refers to a
style of clothing of an individual, A girl
behaves in a manner considered boyish.
2. Gay - Males who are attracted to
any other males
3. Bisexual - Attracted to both Men and
Women
4. Transgender - Not identified with the
gender assigned to them at birth
a. Transman - Female to Male
b. Transwoman - Male to
Female
Trans vs. Drag Queen/King - Mostly
drag queen\king consist of gay men who
dress like women for entertainment
5. Queer - Questioning their identities
6. Intersex - Had both male/female
organs
7. Asexual - Does not interested to any
sex
Factors to Gender Identity
1. Socio-Cultural Factors - Beliefs,
perceptions, religion and culture of one’s
individual.
 2. Family Influences - Children’s upbringing Types of Natural Planning Method
and social environment influence their 1. Periodic Abstinence - Involved menstrual
developing gender identities. cycle
3. Urban Settings - Urban areas seem to 2. Use of breastfeeding or lactational
provide a more friendlier environment then amenorrhea method - The woman is able to
Rural areas. suppress ovulation
4. History of Abuse - Abused adolescents 3. Coitus Interruptus - Also known as
particularly those victimized by males are Withdrawal method
more likely to become homosexual or
bisexual in adulthood. Types of Artificial Contraceptives
1. Hormonal Contraception
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE 2. Oral Contraception
● A disease acquired through sexual contact 3. Transdermal Contraceptive Patch
where the organisms that caused std are 4. Vaginal Ring
passed from person to person thru blood, 5. Subdermal Implants
semen, and vaginal or any other bodily fluid 6. Hormonal Injections
● Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive 7. Intrauterine Device
Health Act of 2012 - Act 10354 8. Chemical Barriers
Enacted - December 19, 2012 9. Diaphragm
Signed - December 21, 2012 10. Cervical Cap
Commenced - January 13, 2013 11. Male Condoms
12. Female Condoms
Objective of the Law Act 10354
1. Reduced by 3 quarters, between 1990 - Surgical Method
2015, the maternal mortality ratio 1. Vasectomy
2. Reduced by 2 thirds, between 1990 - 2015, 2. Tubal Ligation
under five mortality rate
3. To have halted by 2015 and begun to
reverse, spread of HIV/AIDs

BENEFITS OF FAMILY PLANNING

● Mother - Regaining her health after
delivery, gives enough time for treatment
and recovery, More time to family and own
personal time.
● Father - Lightens the burden and
responsibility, Enables him to give his
children their basic needs, gives him time
for family and personal advancement.
● Children - Healthy mothers produce healthy
childrens, will get the attention, security,
love, and care they deserve

Birth Control Health Risk - Some birth control

pose health concerns for women and men
1. Possibility of Pregnancy
2. Pregnancy after Birth Control