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What is masturbation and homosexuality? Why young men and women get into the practice of masturbation and homosexuality?
Objectives
Realize the implications of some selected pertinent issues and problems seriously affecting Christian marriage and family life today. Elucidate how Catholic Christian teachings view these issues and problems. Manifest their conviction to abide Gods plan through the magisterium of the Church with the help of His grace
Masturbation
Involves activities that brings about a sexual satisfaction It is the result of self-stimulation or stimulation by another person of the genitals It is an activity that do not involve sexual intercourse Sexual fantasies, desires and the touch of another person
Homosexuality
Refers to the relations between men or between women who experience exclusive and strong sexual attraction towards persons of the same sex. It is said that some persons are born homosexuals or because of certain relationships or effects of social environment. While others develop much later in life or since they were young
Psychology Perspective
Biological Factors
Runs in the family Brain differences
Larger in straight men than in women and in gay Gays hypothalamus reacts as woman does Altered prenatal hormones Men with several older brother are more likely to be gay
Social-learning theory
watch and imitate the behaviors and attitudes of others.
Cognitive-developmental theory
suggests children form gender schemas (mental images) of correct behaviors for boys versus girls
the oral period (0-1) if it feels good, gum it the oral character: passive, optimistic, and dependent the anal period (2-3): biology meets hygiene (the id meets the superego) get rid of it the anal retentive miser: orderly, parsimonious, and obstinacy the anal expulsive: disorderly, overproductive, generous to a fault
Oedipus complex: male are sexually intrigued by their mothers and jealous of their father
The child will repress his love for his mother and attempt to become like his father
Failure to resolve either of the complexes can lead to fixation in this stage Tendency to have trouble in loving relationship Freud also believed that fixation in this stage sometimes resulted in homosexuality due to the childs inability to identify properly with a rival parent.
Homosexuals are called to practice the mastery of self that gives internal freedom