GENDER AND SEXUALITY

AS A
SOCIAL REALITY
LESSON 1. SEX, GENDER AND SEXUALITY

Objectives
Students should be able to:
1. Differentiate sex, gender, and sexuality
2. Discuss the implication of these differences, and
3. Contemplate about you own sexuality and on the importance of
appreciating sexual diversity.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

Sex – the biological aspect of sex

Gender – the social interpretation of sex
Sexuality – the totality of our own experience of our sex and
gender
Sex chromosomes – chromosomal markets that distinguish
females (xx) from male (xy) species
Introduction

What does it mean to be male or a female, to

be feminine or masculine, or to be man or
woman? The human mind and body are so
complex such that to answer this question.
SEX
-is the biological dimension of your gender and
sexuality. Also, referred to as biological sex or
physical self, the term generally pertains to your
identity depending on your sexual anatomy and
physiology –Sex is typically determined by
examining your genitals.
Among humans, sex is often assigned at birth.
GENDER
Our ability for higher thinking and our tendency to create social
norms, allow us to attach social and cultural meanings to things,
including our sex. For example, males are typically expected be
masculine and females are expected to feminine. Once parents aware
of their child’s sex (male or female) during birth or through prenatal
procedures such as ultrasound, they automatically attach social and
cultural meaning. They already set an expectation in terms of how
their child should behave and how they should treat their child. This
social dimension of one’s sexuality is referred to as gender.
There are many ways through which gender is manifested. As
soon as a new baby arrives in the family, adults surrounding the
baby manifests their social interpretation of baby’s sex by the
colors assigned to the baby.
Example, it is common for families to buy blue apparels and toys
when the baby is male, as the color blue is associated boyhood.
Female babies are often assigned color pink, which associated
with girlhood. The moment a baby is born, the name, toys, and
apparels are picked by parents and relatives based on their
interpretation of the baby’s sex.
  CULTURALLY ACCEPTED STANDARD

60 years ago

Each culture also has different standards on how to be a man and

woman and how they should present themselves according to their
sex and gender.
Gender Identity

 One important aspect of gender is our sense of who we are.

 Do we see and experience ourselves as a man, a woman, or
neither.
 This refers to our gender indentity.
 Typically, males are comfortable identifying as a man and
females identifying as a woman.
However, there are cases wherein a person’s
biological sex does not allign with one’s
gender identity.
People with this experience are referred to as
transgenders.
Sexual Orientation

This is another aspect of our gender pertains to our emotional

and sexual attraction to a person.
 Acdg to Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP),
ages 6 to 8,we experience or develop attraction to other people.
 By adolescence, we already who we are attracted to and
experiment through dating and relationships.
•Heterosexual-People who are attracted to the
opposite sex
•Homo sexual – People who are attracted to
people of the same sex
•Bisexual- attracted to both sexes
•LGBT- lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community.
Appreciating Diversity
Acdg to American Psychological Associatio
(APA), nature and nurture play a complex role
in shaping our sexual orientation.
Homosexuality and heterosexuality are part of
the human sexuality and is large part of the
human experience.
Identifying as a heterosexual, lesbian, bi, gay, or
transgender is a deeply personal process, so it may
be more difficult for others to “come out” or for
them to become comfortable enough with the
sexuality that they feel safe to share it with other
people. For others, it comes early in the
adolescence while for some, it may take time to
understand and discover themselves.
Acdg to PAP (Psychological Association of the
Philippines, “we can only truly tell if the person is gay,
lesbian, or bisexual if the person shares with us his or
her experiences and feeling of attraction towards them.

That is why it is important to everyone to feel safe as

they share their sexuality since it is a personal and
sensitive topic.
Activity.

1. Form five (5) groups.

2. Pick three concepts you learned from the class.
3. Discuss the concepts you picked and why you chose them.
4. Label whether the concepts you picked evoked a “positve” or
“negative” feeling.
5. Create one (1) minute minimum to show your classmates
presenting each of the concepts you picked.