GENDER AND

HUMAN
SEXUALITY
Geeya Mariel M. Antonio
 Definition of Terms
• GENDER – social concept on how men and
women should think, feel and act. It refers to
femininity or masculinity of a person’s role
and behaviour as defined by society.
• HUMAN SEXUALITY – the quality of
being male or female. It is the way in which
we experience and express ourselves as
 Definition of Terms
• SEX – is the biological basis of being male or female.
• GENDER – is a social concept of how men and women
should think, feel and act.
• GENDER EQUALITY – permits man and woman
equal enjoyment of human rights.
• GENDER ROLE – refers to the set of roles,
characteristics and expectations of how a man or woman
should feel think and act as influenced by parents, peers
and society.
H EALT HY S E X UA
LITY
Sexuality toward Sexuality towards
yourself others
• How you see yourself • How you see others
• How you think of • How you think of
yourself others
• How you feel about • How you feel about
yourself others
 HEALTHY SEXUALITY
ENCOMPASSESS THE
FOLLOWING
CHARACTERISTICS:
Self-Love Self- Self- Self-Respect Self-
• Your acceptance Knowledge Confidence • Your regard for Expression
of yourself • Your • Your awareness yourself as a • Your way of
understanding of of the things that worthwhile showing your
your feelings and you can do well. person. individuality in
your character. expressing
yourself as a man
or as a woman.
 Activity: GENDER
ASSUMPTIONS
1.Giving birth
2.Making a living
3.Fixing the broken faucet
4.Doing household chores
5.Helping Children with their
homework
 Activity: SOCIETY
SAYS
GENDER ROLES
MASCULINE FEMININE
1.Breadwinner 1. Babysitter
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
LIFE SKILLS TO IMPROVE
SEXUAL HEALTH
Assessing your health
Making Good Decisions

SKIL
LIFE
Communicating Effectively

LS
Practicing Wellness
Setting Goals
Refusal Skill
Evaluating Media Messages
Using Life Skills
to Improve
Sexual Health
 ASSESSING YOUR
HEALTH
1. It means evaluating your well-being
periodically. This includes your
sexuality. Figure out what you can do
to improve your health if it is not as
good as it can be.
 MAKING GOOD
DECISIONS
2. It means making choices that are
healthy and responsible. You must
have the courage to make difficult
decisions and stick to them.
 COMMUNICATING
EFFECTIVELY
3. Communication skills help you
avoid misunderstanding by expressing
your feelings in a healthy way. This
means if you listen to what people say,
they will want to listen to you as well.
 PRACTICING
WELLNESS
4. Practicing Wellness can be
accomplished through
information about good
sexuality.
 SETTING GOALS
5. Setting Goals or aiming for
something that will give you a sense of
accomplishment. Just be sure to be
realistic with your target goal.
 REFUSAL SKILL
6. This is a way to say no to
something that you don’t want to
do. This skill requires practice.
But first, you must feel strongly
about what things you want to
 EVALUATING MEDIA
MESSAGES
7. Evaluating Media Messages is
being able to judge the worth of
media messages. It is a big
challenge knowing that most
media messages are very
Activity: Briefly answer the
following:
1. Give an example of a situation for each of the
life skills learned.
2. Explain how you will use each skill in these
situations?
3. Which of the life skills do you feel will be
the easiest one for you to use? Explain your
answer.
DECIS
ION
M A K I
 DECISION
• Choice you make or act upon.
• A good decision is a decision in
which you have carefully considered
the outcome of each choice.
 DECISION
MAKING SKILLS
• Decision making skills will help you make
decisions based on your needs and desires.
At the same time, it helps you resist peer
pressure.
• It must be practiced and exercised in
resolving issues and concerns about
STEPS IN DECISION
D MAKING
etermine the problem
xplore
E the alternatives
onsider
C the consequences
dentify
I your values
Decide
Evaluate
ACTIVITY
!!!
Do Activity 9 on page
211 – 212 of your
module in Physical
 DEALING WITH
• SHOW OFF – PEOPLE
people who would like to be the center
of attraction whenever possible.
• WORRIERS – people who worry about everything.
• GOSSIPMONGERS – people who spread rumors and
often exaggerate information.
• BULLIES – people who use threats, fear and cruelty
to control others.
INFLUENTIAL
FACTORS
DEALING WITH
HEALTHY SEXUALITY
 INFLUENTIAL
FACTORS
• FAMILY – Family values oftentimes determine your own
values.
• CULTURE – Filipinos living in different regions have
diverse cultures and belief. Your cultural background can
affect your values regarding sexuality along with the norms
and standards set by the society.
• PEERS – like your family, you friends can also have
significant impact on your views on human sexuality.
 DOUBLE STANDARD OF
MORALITY
• Gives impression of men being superior to
women. In as much as we would like to
practice gender equality, the rules for
human conduct and human
appropriateness are not alike for both
sexes as practiced in most areas in the
Philippines.
 EXAMPLE:
•Boys and men are
permitted to stay out
more and up to a later
time than girls and
 EXAMPLE:
• A philandering or immoral man is
considered as demonstrating his
manliness or pagkalalaki. A
philandering or immoral woman
is considered as cheap, bad or
 EXAMPLE:
• Women are expected to remain
virgin until they marry, while
it is generally acceptable for
men to have sexual experience
before marriage.
 EXAMPLE:
•Women are socially
judged and legally
penalized for adultery
and for having children
 EXAMPLE:
• Men who stay at home to do
household chores instead of
having jobs to earn money for
the family are considered by
some as UNDER D’ SAYA.
• VIRGIN – refers to a person
who has not had sexual
intercourse.
• VIRGINITY – is the quality/
state of being chaste.
 STAYING A VIRGIN
KEEPS YOU:
• PHYSICALLY
– Free from pregnancy and venereal diseases
– Free from having to choose to hurry-up wedding and an
illegitimate child.
• EMOTIONALLY
– Free from exploitation by others
– Free from guilt, doubt, disappointment and loss of
reputation
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