THE PHYSICAL

SELF
■ A crucial aspect of the self is one’s physical
features including the face, bodily structure,
height and weight. However, people should
also consider their physical competencies,
valuation of physical worth, and perception.
 However, the physical self is not only limited
to what can be seen by the naked eye;
underneath the skin is a dynamic system of
biological and chemical processes that
contribute to one’s physical features. Body
structure, weight, height, skin color, hair
color, and other physical characteristics do not
just develop at random. These are triggered by
genetic transformations and biological
development through heredity.
 Heredity
■ is defined as the transmission of traits from
parents to offspring. The traits are made up
of specific information embedded within
one’s gene, the basic unit of heredity.
 Maturation
■ is known as the completion of growth
of a genetic character within an
organism. It enables man to walk, run
and talk which are evident in the
adolescent stage.
 What is body image?
■ is the perception that a person
has of their physical self and
the thoughts and feelings that
result from that perception.
These feelings can be positive,
negative or both and are
influenced by individual and
environment factors.
 What is self-esteem?
■ is your opinion of yourself.
People with healthy self-esteem
like themselves and value their
achievements. While everyone
lacks confidence occasionally,
people with low self-esteem feel
unhappy or unsatisfied with
themselves most of the time.
FACTORS THAT AFFECT BODY
IMAGE AND SELF ESTEEM
■ Family
■ Friends
■ Media
■ culture
Media
■ The media of perfection we see in print,
film and television project an unrealistic
version of reality that we are continually
told is attainable- if we work out, eat less
and lather our bodies in transformative,
firming and tightening creams.
 Family and Friends
■ friends and family are particularly
important in body image development
because we place high value on them,
spend lots of time with our friends and
develop shared experiences, values and
beliefs.
 Culture
■ Culture moderates the level of self-esteem in an
individual because it contains certain aspects of
their lives, such as their values and beliefs, which
become the forefront of how one measures their
worth. Self-esteem is a holistic concept, and it is not
only impacted from within, but by one’s
surroundings as well. 
 Self Image Problem
■ happens when your looks doesn’t
match your beauty standards.
■ The problem here is with your own
beauty standards and not with your
looks.
How we get to this point of
acceptance often depends on our
individual development and self-
acceptance. To get to that all
important point of balance are a few
steps we can take:
■ Realize that we cannot change our body type.
■ stop comparing ourselves to others
■ we need to move and enjoy our bodies not because we have to,
but because it makes us feel good
■ spend time with people who have a healthy relationship with food,
activity, and their bodies
■ question the degree to which self-esteem depends on our
appearance.
■ Each of us will have a positive body image when we have a
realistic perception of our bodies, when we enjoy, accept and
celebrate how we are and let go of negative societal or media
perpetuated conditioning.
SEXUAL SELF
Sexual Self

■ defined as an individual's evaluation of

his or her own sexual feelings and
actions
DIVERSITY OF
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
HETEROSEXUAL
■ is a sexual attraction and
behaviour directed to
other sex
TRANSEXUALITY
■ These are people who believed
they were born with the body of
the other gender.
BISEXUALITY
■ are person who can be
romantically or sexually
attracted to same sex.
TRANSGENDERISM

■ These are people who view

themselves as a third gender,
they are transvestites .
HOMOSEXUALITY
■ is a romantic and/or sexual
attraction between members
of the same sex.
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