SEXUAL SELF

BY: 
                 GROUP 2
MEMBERS:
                 REFUMANTA, IAN
                 HABITAN, MAYBELLE H.
                 JAPON, VERNADETTE D.
                 SAULE, ROCHELLE V.
                 DIMAANO, AUBREY MAE D.
                 GOMEZ, ARLY ZEUS H.
DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY
SEX CHARACTERISTICS AND
THE HUMAN
• SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS are features which appear at puberty (through they later become
equally as prominent). These Secondary characteristics are features such as pubic hair, breast development in
females, and beards in males. The list below shows some of this characteristics difference between human males
and females.

In women , these include:

 Less pronounced body hair characteristics
(mostly in pubic region , hair all over is usually
In men these include:​ finer)
•More pronounced body hair characteristics  Lighter musculature
(beard, chest, etc. And usually more coarse.​  Rounded features (I.e. softer facial features, hour
•Heavier musculature ​ glass mid-region)
•Angular features (I.e. square jaw, triangular mid  Wider hips (for child bearing)
region)​  More pronounced breast with more fatty tissue
•Narrow hips​  More fat tissue overall
•Muscular pectorals (chest)​  Higher voice
•Less fat tissue overall  Enlarged breasts and widened hips of females
•Deep voice
•Pubic hair
•Facial hair and Adams apple
 UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN SEXUAL
RESPONSE

• The human sexual response to sexually arousing stimuli is a motivational incentive-based

cycle comprising subjective experience and physiologic changes. 
• Neurologic disease can interrupt the cycle by limiting motivation, reducing ability to
attend and feel sexual stimuli, and accomplishing the movements needed to stimulate and
experience intercourse.
 THE BASIC BIOLOGY OF SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR
LUST – Testosterone and Estrogen ATTRACTION – Dopamine, norepinephrine, or
serotonin
The first stage of romantic love, lust  is defined as
having an intense sexual desire towards someone, Associated with the 'reward' pathways in the brain that
therefore, lust is driven by having a desire to influence our behavior.
achieve sexual gratification.

ATTACHMENT – Oxytocin and Vasopressin

Meaningful bond developing between two people, moving a

romantic relationship to an advanced level of falling in love
wholeheartedly.
 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT:
What turns people on the phase of sexual response?

Sympathetic Response
 Individuals become erotically aroused when they observe other individual
engaging in sexual activity.
 Most males are likely to respond quite immediate to such stimuli to come to
erection and to seek the opportunity for sexual activity .

Males
Females  Fantasize while masturbating 
 Masturbate without associated sexual fantasies
 Have nocturnal sex dreams
 Never had sexual dreams while they slept
 Erotically aroused by seeing
 Not aroused by seeing male genital.
painting of nudes 
 Most prefer to be stimulated tactilely in other parts of
 Aroused by observing females body
the body before te activity is concentrated on the
parts.
genetalia.  Initiate the sexual relationsip
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

2. What causes sexually transmitted diseases

•ALSO CALLED: SEXUALL TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.​
(STDs)?
​
- STDs can be caused by bacteria, viruses, and
1.WHAT ARE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
parasites.
DISEASES (STDS), OR SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIS), ARE INFECTIONS
3. Who is affected by sexually transmitted diseases
THAT ARE PASSED FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
(STDs)?
THOROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT. THE CONTACT IS
- Most STDs affect both men and women, but in
USUALLY VAGINAL, ORAL, OR ANAL SEX. BUT
many cases the health problems they cause can be
SOMETIMES THEY CAN SPREAD THROUGH OTHER
more severe for women. If a pregnant woman has
INTIMATE PHYSICAL CONTACT. THIS IS BECAUSE
an STD, it can cause serious health problems for
SOME STDS, LIKE HERPES AND HPV, ARE SPREAD BY
the baby.
SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT.​
4. What are the symptoms of sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs)?
- STDs don't always cause symptoms or may
only cause mild symptoms. So it is possible to
have an infection and not know it. But you can
still pass it on to others.
If there are symptoms, they could include:
• Unusual discharge from the penis or vagina
• Sores or warts on the genital area
• Painful or frequent urination
• Itching and redness in the genital area
• Blisters or sores in or around the mouth
• Abnormal vaginal odor
• Anal itching, soreness, or bleeding
• Abdominal pain
• Fever
5. How are sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
diagnosed?
- If you are sexually active, you should talk to your health
care provider about your risk for STDs and whether you
need to be tested. This is especially important since many
SSTDs do not usually cause symptoms.
- Some STDs may be diagnosed during a physical exam or
through microscopic examination of a sore or fluid swabbed
from the vagina, penis, or anus. Blood tests can diagnose
other types of STDs.
6. What are the treatments for sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs)?
- Antibiotics can treat STDs caused by bacteria or parasites.
There is no cure for STDs caused by viruses, but medicines
can often help with the symptoms and lower your risk of
spreading the infection.
METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION (NATURAL AND
ARTIFICIAL)

ABSTINENCE
• THIS NATURAL METHOD INVOLVES ABSTAINING FROM SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AND IS THE MOST
EFFECTIVE NATURAL BIRTH CONTROL METHOD WITH IDEALLY 0% FAIL RATE.
CALENDAR METHOD 
• ALSO CALLED AS THE RHYTHM METHOD, THIS NATURAL METHOD OF FAMILY PLANNING INVOLVES
REFRAINING FROM COITUS DURING THE DAYS THAT THE WOMAN IS FERTILE.
BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE
• BBT FALLS AT 0.5 F BEFORE THE DAY OF OVULATION AND DURING OVULATION, IT RISES TO A FULL
DEGREE BECAUSE OF PROGESTERONE AND MAINTAINS ITS LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE
MENSTRUAL CYCLE, AND THIS IS THE BASIS FOR THE METHOD.
CERVICAL MUCUS METHOD
• THE BASIS OF THIS METHOD IS THE CHANGES IN THE CERVICAL MUCUS DURING OVULATION.
SYMPTOTHERMAL METHOD
• THE SYMPTOTHERMAL METHOD IS SIMPLY A
COMBINATION OF THE BBT METHOD.
OVULATION DETECTION
• THE OVULATION DETECTION METHOD IS AN OVER-
COUNTER KIT THAT CAN PREDICT OVULATION
THROUGH THE SURGE OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE
THAT HAPPENS 12 TO 24 HOURS BEFORE OVULATION.
LACTATION AMENORRHEA METHOD
• THE EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING OF THE INFANT,
THE WOMAN IS ABLE TO SUPPRESS OVULATION
THROUGH THE METHOD WOULD NOT BE AN
EFFECTIVE BIRTH CONTROL METHOD.
COITUS INTERRUPTUS
• THE COUPLE STILL PROCEEDS WITH THE COITUS,
BUT THE MAN WITHDRAWS THE MOMENT HE
EJACULATES TO EMIT THE SPERMATOZOA OUTSIDE
OF THE VAGINA.
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
• ESTROGEN SUPPRESSES THE FSH AND LH TO SUPPRESS
OVULATION, WHILE PROGESTERONE DECREASES THE
PERMEABILITY OF THE CERVICAL MUCUS TO LIMIT
THE SPERM'S ACCESS TO THE OVA
TRANSDERMAL PATCH
• THE TRANSDERMAL PATCH HAS A COMBINATION OF
BOTH ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE IN A FORM OF A
PATCH
VAGINAL RING
• THE VAGINAL RING RELEASES A COMBINATION OF
ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE AND SURROUNDS
THE CERVIX
SUBDERMAL IMPLANTS 
• THE SUBDERMAL IMPLANTS ARE TWO ROD-LIKE
IMPLANTS EMBEDDED UNDER THE SKIN OF THE
WOMAN DURING HER MENSES OR ON THE 7TH DAY OF
HER MENSTRUATION TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE IS NOT
PREGNANT.
HORMONAL INJECTIONS
• A HORMONAL INJECTION CONSISTS OF MEDROXYPROGESTERONE, AND GIVEN ONCE EVERY 12 WEEKS
INSTRAMUSCULARLY.
INTRAUTERINE DEVICE
• AN IUD IS A SMALL, T-SHAPED OBJECT THAT IS INSERTED INTO THE UTERUS VIA THE VAGINA.
CHEMICAL BARRIERS
• CHEMICAL BARRIERS SUCH AS SPERMICIDES, VAGINAL GELS AND CREAMS, AND GLYCERIN FILMS ARE ALSO
USED TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF SPERMS BEFORE THEY CAN ENTER THE CERVIX AND ALSO LOWER THE PH
LEVEL OF THE VAGINA SO IT WILL NOT BECOME CONDUCIVE FOR THE SPERM.
DIAPHRAGM
• A DIAPHRAGM WORKS BY INHIBITING THE ENTRANCE OF THE SPERM INTO THE VAGINA.
CERVICAL CAP
• THE CERVICAL CAP IS ANOTHER BARRIER METHOD THAT IS MADE OF SOFT RUBBER AND FITTED ON THE RIM
OF THE CERVIX.
MALE CONDOMS
• THE MALE CONDOM IS A LATEX OR SYNTHETIC RUBBER SHEATH THAT IS PLACE ON THE ERECT PENIS
BEFORE VAGINAL PENETRATION TO TRAP THE SPERM DURING EJACULATION.
FEMALE CONDOM
• THESE ARE ALSO LATEX RUBBER SHEATHS THAT ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR FEMALES AND
PRELUBRICATED WITH SPERMICIDE.