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Sexual Self
Rudy M. Danganan Jr., MA

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Bisexual Sexuality
Tomboy
Fun Facts Gender Bakla
Transgender
Sex

Intersexed

Masculine

Feminine

Transexual

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Interest in gender
• Shift in using “sex” and “gender”
• Social psychologists opt to use the term
gender because it encompasses the range of
difference between men and women and
emphasizes the social construction of
maleness and femaleness (Burn, 1996)
Sex
• Biological Sex- Biologically sex prescribed characteristics
that differentiate males and females in terms of reproductive
organs and chromosomes.
– Multidimensional Model of Sex (Crawford & Unger,
2000):
1. Chromosomes (XY, XX)
2. Gonads (Ovaries & Testes)
3. Gonadal hormones (Estrogens or androgens)
4. Internal accessory organs (fallopian tubes, vas
deferens)
5. External Genitalia (Penis, Clitoris)

• People who fall outside the male and female dichotomy are
generally called intersexuals (1.7 % of the population)

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Gender Sex & gender GENDER

 Social, contextual
SEX
• Gender- is commonly defined as socially or culturally  Biological
 Social expectations for
prescribed characteristics, behaviors, and interests  Determined at birth males and females
appropriate for women and men (Howard & Hollander,  Universal  Present in both
 Present in either  Changing
1997).  Feminine or masculine
 Fixed
• Males are expected to be masculine in appearance,
 Male or Female
behavior, and personality, and
females are expected to be feminine.

Gender role
Gender identity
• Social sex role or Gender role - the adherence to culturally created
 Gender Identity- The personal psychological sense of being male or
behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate for females or males
female.
• Gender belief system- People’s expectations what it means to be male
 Often assumed to match one’s biological sex
and female.
 Transsexuals - people who have literally changed their sex
• “Men should have big biceps”
 They have been surgically and hormonally altered so that they appear to
• Gender Stereotypes- Generalized beliefs about the characteristics of men
be a sex different from the one they were born in.
and women.
 Transgender- In general, people whose gender identity or gender
expression differs from what is associated with their assigned sex at birth. • “Women are emotional”
• “Manloloko lahat ng lalake”

Gender role
Gender role
• Gender Roles vary with culture.
• To some country, spouses prefer that both of them • Gender roles vary over time.
share the labor in providing and nurturing their • In 1965 the Harvard Business School
children. had never granted a degree to a
woman. At the turn of the twenty- first
century, 30 percent of its graduates were women.
• Even in the Philippines before, women were not
allowed for schooling– gave birth to exclusive

schools.

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Gender role Transgender & transsexual

• How is culture transmitted from one generation to TRANSGENDER
another?
• Peer influence suggests that who we are not mostly Person whose
because of how our parent’s raised us– but because of gender identity or gender TRANSSEXUAL
expression does not match their
the peers that surround us.
assigned birth sex Person whose
• Much of culture’s influence is transmitted to children by
gender identity is
opposite to his or
her biological sex
to the extent that
their peers. he/she will seek
surgical sex
reassignment

Traditional binary gender model

Sexual orientation
• Sexuality- Fuzzy term used to refer to sexual
behaviors (what you do), eroticism (what turns you
on), sexual orientation (who turns you on), as well
as desires to engage in sexual activity.
– Sexual orientation - the sexual and emotional
attraction to the same and/or opposite sex

Modern Continuum Gender Model

In the Philippines…
• Bakla- males who are feminine or effeminate and who cross-
dress
• A contraction of the words babae (female) and lalaki (male)
(Tan, 1995a)
• Refers to male homosexual or gay man.
• Tomboy- females who are masculine and who crossdress
• Refers to female homosexual or lesbian.
 **Gender and sexual orientation are fused into same the same
words/labels in Filipino culture (Ofreneo, 2000)
 **Which means that gender expression is used to signify sexual
orientation.

Bisexual & Silahis Theoretical approaches to gender

• Bisexual – person who is attracted to both male and female
• Silahis- a male who is erotically attracted to both males and females (male
bisexual)
• *There is no distinct term for the Filipino female bisexual
1. Essentialist approach- Difference bet. Male and female are biologically determined. Nature
2. Socialization approach- gender is not innate, but rather learned from the environment.
3. Social Constructionist approach- gender is created through our social interactions.
 Gender is fluid.
4. Structuralist approach- gender as a form of a social structure or the basis for the systematic allocation
 Resources shape gendered behaviors.

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How do our Understanding

sexual self Human Sexual
develops? Behavior

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Physiological Aspects of
Sexual Excitement
Types of Sexual Behavior
EROGENOUS ZONE
✗ SOLITARY BEHAVIOR
involving only one individual. These are part of the body that

✗ SOCIOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR particularly sensitive to touch, pressure

and vibration which contributes to sexual
involving more than one person.
arousal.

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Phases of Sexual Response Natural and Artificial Method of

✗ Arousal/Excitement Phase Contraception
Is a subjective sense of sexual
pleasure.
Natural Contraception
✗ Plateau Phase Artificial Method
Is a brief period of time before
the orgasm. It is the body’s This is a type of birth
Is diverse method of
preparation for orgasm. control that depends with
contraception using to
observations on woman’s
prevent conception of
✗ Orgasm Phase body through monitoring
Is an intense, highly pleasurable and recording different a woman.
experience. fertility signals during her
menstrual cycle.
✗ Resolution Phase
Stage where the decrease of
arousal happens.

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Lactation Amenorrhea Method- This is

Natural Method of Contraception exclusive for breastfeeding woman.
Basal Body Abstinence –
Temperature- Done by Method is only effective you feed
Cervical Mucus Ovulation Done through
monitoring the your baby at least 6 times a day--
Method- woman Detection – abstaining
changes in the every 4 hours during the day and
is fertile when the This method from sexual
woman’s temperature every 6 hours at night-- with both
cervical mucus is uses an over intercourse.
every morning before breasts.
profuse and the counter kit
watery. any activity. that requires Coitus Interruptus/Withdrawal
Calendar Method- SymptothermalMethod the urine Method - This is where the couple
It is also called as - It is a combination of sample of the proceeds with coitus but the
Rhythm Method. It Basal Body woman. moment he ejaculates, the men
involves avoiding Temperature and withdraw before emission of
coitus during the Cervical Mucus spermatozoa outside of the vagina.
days that the woman Method.
is fertile.
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Artificial Method of Contraception

Vaginal Ring Hormonal Intrauterine
Injections Device
Releases a combination of
Contains
estrogen and progesterone and medroxyprogester
surrounds the cervix. It one & a
remains in there for 3 weeks progesterone. This
and will be removed on the 4th Subdermal Implants prevents ovulation
week. It is a two rod -like and change in the
Oral Contraception Transdermal Patch implants under the
Known as the “Pill”. cervical mucus. It is a small T-
This patch contains both skin of woman during shaped objected
Contains synthetic estrogen and progesterone. menstruation. It in uterus thru
estrogen and The woman should apply one contains etonogestrel , vagina to prevent
progesterone. patch every week for three desogestrel , and fertilization.
progestin.
weeks on theff areas: upper
outer arm, upper torso,
abdomen, or buttocks.

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Vasectomy
Is a procedure done to
male through small
incision made on each side
of the scrotum to block the
passage of sperms.
Male Condom – a rubber
sheath placed in the erect
penis before penetration to
avoid the sperm to enter the
vagina during ejaculation.
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Chemical Barriers
These are used to cause death of
the sperm before it can enter the
cervix of a woman. These are
spermicides, vaginal gels and
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creams, and glycerin films.
Diaphragm
Inhibits the entrance of into the
vagina. It should not be left in a
place for more than 24 hours to
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avoid irritation.
Tubal Ligation
Female Condom - Is a procedure done to female
a synthetic rubber placed through cuttering, cauterizing, or
against the vaginal opening to blocking the fallopian tube to
prevent the sperm to enter the inhibit the passage of both sperm
vagina during ejaculation. and the ova.
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