SEX AND SEXUALITY

SCL 9
Chua, Lanz
Fredeluces, Mariah Mae
Gumatay, Sheena S.
Madiam, Patricia Elisse
Romero, Lorenzo Miguel
Yung, Clarisse Anne

What is Sex?
According to American Psychological
Association,
sex refers to a persons biological status and is
typically categorized as male, female, or
intersex (i.e., atypical combinations of features
that usually distinguish male from female).
There are a number of indicators of biological
sex, including sex chromosomes, gonads,
internal reproductive organs, and external
genitalia.

What is Sex?
According to the Australian organization ReachOut,
When people refer to someones sex (sometimes
talked about as biological or physical sex) theyre
talking about their physical characteristics (e.g.
having a penis, vagina, beard, or breasts etc), genes
and hormones.
Many people think of male and female as the only
sexes, but thats actually not the whole story.
Some people have genetic, hormonal and physical
features typical of both male and female at the same
time, so their biological sex isnt clearly male or
female. They are called Intersex.

What is Sexuality?
Somebodys sexuality is about who they are attracted to
sexually and romantically.
For example, people who are opposite-sex attracted (also
known as heterosexual or straight) are attracted to people
of a different sex.
There are also heaps of people who are attracted to people
of the same sex as them they are often referred to as
same-sex attracted (also known as lesbian or gay).
Sexuality is more complicated than just being gay or
straight - some people are bisexual and like both men and
women, while some people see sexual attraction and
gender as fluid. These people find labels like straight, gay or
bi as too rigid and fixed, and prefer to self-identify as queer.