HEALTH REVIEWER

1st Quarter
Gender & Human Sexuality Gender Equality
– permits man and woman equal enjoyment of human rights.
Sexuality as an Important Component of One’s Personality
Gender stereotyping
Sexuality - is the practice of ascribing to an individual woman or man specific
- is a natural and healthy part of life. It is everything about being a male or attributes, characteristics, or roles by reason only of her or his membership in
female. It’s the most important aspect of masculine or feminine the social group of women or men.
identification.
- it involves the name given at birth, the toys played with, the clothes worn, Gender differences
the friends played with, the roles and responsibilities at home, and it provides - are defined as biological differences between sexes.
a sense of self – worth when sexual understanding is positive.
Self
Sexuality Refers to your total self - appreciates own body.
- takes responsibility for own behaviors.
Physical Self – the way you look like a man or a woman. - knowledge about sexuality issues.
Mental Self – the way you think as a man or a woman.
Social Self – the way you interact with others. Peers
Emotional Self – the way you feel about yourself and others. - expresses love and intimacy in appropriate ways.
Ethical Self – the way you value your relationship. - have the skills to evaluate readiness for mature relationship.
- interact with both genders in appropriate ways.
Sexuality refers to your attitudes and behavior toward yourself - respect both gender in all aspects.
• How you see yourself
• How you think of yourself Family
• How you feel about yourself - communicates effectively with family
• How you love yourself - able to express love to your family members
- perform your duties and responsibilities at home.
Sexuality refers to perception, feelings, and behaviors towards others
• How you see others How to improve Sexual Health
• How you think of others
• How you feel about others • Assessing your Health
• How you love others - means evaluating your well-being periodically.
- this includes your sexuality.
Healthy sexuality encompasses the following characteristics - figure out what you can do to improve your health if it is not as good as it
• Self-love – your acceptance of yourself. can be.
• Self-knowledge – your understanding of your feelings and your character.
• Self-confidence – your awareness of the things that you can do well. • Making Good Decisions
• Self-respect – your regard as a worthwhile person. - means making choices that are healthy and responsible.
• Self-expression – your way of showing your individuality in expressing - you must have the courage to make difficult decisions and stick to them.
yourself as a man or as a woman.
• Communicating Effectively
Bear in mind that learning human sexuality is important because: - help you avoid misunderstanding by expressing your feelings in a healthy
• Giving and receiving love is a human indeed. way.
• It will help you accept your sexual identity. - this means if you listen to what people say, they will want to listen to you as
• You should respect you own and another person’s body. well.
• You will experience bodily changes and you need to learn how to properly
manage these changes. • Practicing Wellness
• It will help you appreciate how life began - can be accomplished through information about good sexuality.
• You have the right to be informed on how to be disease-free and to live a
healthy lifestyle. • Setting Goals
- or aiming for something that will give you a sense of accomplishment.
Terminologies - just be sure to be realistic with your target goal.

Sex • Refusal Skill

– centered on the biological basis of being a male or female. - is a way to say no to something that you don’t want to do.
- this skill requires practice.
Gender - but first, you must feel strongly about what things you want to avoid.
– it refers to femininity or masculinity of a person’s role and behavior.
• Evaluating Media Messages
Sexuality - is being able to judge the worth of media messages.
– is an integral part of what we do and who we are; it is the way in which we - it is a big challenge knowing that most media messages are very
experience and express ourselves as sexual beings. convincing.
- it is the total expression of an individual’s self-concept.
Decision Making
Gender Role - is a choice you make or act upon. A good decision is a decision in which
- refers to set of roles, characteristics, and expectations of how a man or you have carefully considered the outcome of each choice.
woman should feel, think, and act as influenced by parents, peers, and - to accept personal responsibility is to accept how your decisions may affect
society. you and other people.

Decision Making Skills

- will help you make decisions based on your needs and desires. At the same
time, it helps you to resist peer pressure. Sexually-Transmitted Infection
- must be practiced and exercised in resolving issues and concerns about - is also known as sexually-transmitted Infection (STI) is a communicable
sexuality. disease that is spread by a pathogen (disease-causing organism) from one
person to another person through sexual contact.
The Six Steps of Decision Making - these infections are commonly caused by bacteria and viruses. Some STIs
• Determine the problem can be treated successfully but many STIs such as HIV/AIDS still have no
• Explore the alternatives cure. The good news is, all STIs can be prevented.
• Consider the consequences - a person who has a sexual relationship with someone who is infected can
• Identify your values get one or more of these diseases.
• Decide - are transmitted through an exchange of bodily fluids during sexual
• Evaluate intercourse.

• Your decisions related to your sexual behaviours affect yourself and other Symptoms of STI’s
now or later in your life. These sexual behaviours may be toward yourself, • discharge from the genitals
your family, your friends, or other people. • Warts
• blisters or sores in the genital area
Double Standard Morality • rashes
- boys and girls are given the impression of men being superior to women. In • painful urination
as much as we would like to practice gender equality, the rules for human • flu- like symptoms
conduct and human appropriateness are not alike for both sexes as practiced
in most areas in the Philippines. This is likely shown in the examples below: • Some STIs don’t have any signs or symptoms. In fact, one of every 10
people can have STIs but be asymptomatic.
• Boys and men are permitted to stay out more and up to a later time than the
girls and women. • These people are carriers and are very dangerous because they can transmit
an infection without even knowing it.
• A philandering or immoral man is considered as demonstrating his
manliness or “pagkalalaki”. A philandering or immoral woman is considered • The only certain way to prevent/to keep from catching these diseases is by
as cheap, bad, or “masamang babae”. abstinence. Sexual abstinence is the deliberate choice to refrain from all
sexual activity.
• Women are expected to remain virginal until they marry, while it is
generally acceptable for men to have sexual experience before marriage. Common Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Women are socially judged and legally penalized for adultery and for Aids
having children out of wedlock. Cause: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
Effects: Immune systems failure, severe illness leading to death, 8-10 years
• Men who stay at home to do household chores instead of having jobs to to see signs of infection, infection of infants leading to death.
earn money for the family are considered by some as “under ‘d saya.”
Chlamydia
Virginity Cause: Chlamydia Trachomatis bacterium
- a virgin is a person who has not had sexual interaction Effects in women: pelvic inflammation with abdominal pain, fever,
menstural bleeding, ectopic pregnancy.
Staying virgin until marriage keeps you: Effects in men: enlarged lymph glands of the groin, infection of the
testivles,infection during birth can cause blindness or illness on newborn.
• Socially
– free to develop many relationships. Genital Herpes
Cause: Herpes Simplex-2 Virus
• Emotionally Effects: If left untreated, it may cause cervical cancer in women and cause
– free from exploitation by others. defomaties in unborn babies.
- free from guilt, doubt, disappointment, and loss of reputation.
Gonorrhea
• Physically Cause: Neisseria gonorrhea bacterium
- free from pregnancy and venereal diseases. Effect: Sterility, liver disease, testicular disease, infection of heart lining, eye
- free from having to choose a hurry-up wedding and an illegitimate child. infection for newborn leading to blindness.

How does one stay a virgin: Syphilis

Cause: Treponema Pallidum bacterium
• Know Effects: If left untreaded, mental illness, heart and kidney damage, and death
- your attitude and standards. may result.

• Value Prevention Measures

- your virginity for your own good and future spouse. • Abstinence from sexual intercourse and from use of intravenous drugs

• Act Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

- choose friends with high standards. - it is a fatal communicable disease with no effective treatment or known
- stay away from dangers and temptations. cure.
- be kind, firm, and proud of your values. - it is the final stage of infection caused by the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV).
Values - when HIV enters the body it attacks the body’s immune system. Thus, the
- are strong beliefs held by persons, families and group of people about body becomes vulnerable to opportunistic infections or diseases that develop
important issues. when the body’s defense system becomes weak.
- it is essential to know one’s own values, beliefs and attitudes, how they
influence on the rights of others and how to stand up for them. Common Infections & Diseases
- as you mature, you develop your own values which may be different from • Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare but deadly type of skin cancer
one another. • recurrent pneumonia
- social norms and standards can affect your sexual decision-making and • toxoplasmosis within the brain
behavior as it influences values and behavior.

Issues and Problems Related to Human Sexuality