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Health
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Factors that Affect One’s
Attitudes and Practices
Related to Sexuality
Health – Grade 8
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Factors that Affect One’s Attitudes and Practices Related to
First Edition, 2020 Sexuality

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Health
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Factors that Affect One’s
Attitudes and Practices
Related to Sexuality
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Health - Grade 8 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on Factors that Affect
One’s Attitudes and Practices Related to Sexuality!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators both
from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping
the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their
needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to Health - Grade 8 Self-Learning Module (SLM) on Factors that Affect One’s
Attitudes and Practices Related to Sexuality!

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lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
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What’s More This comprises activities for independent

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answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

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what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

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into real life situations or concerns.

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 Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

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to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

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If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
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not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

Hi! How are you today? Do you want to learn something new? Let’s begin.

Human sexuality is a natural phenomenon that is with you since the day you
were born. Your family, your culture, your religious background, your peers, and the
media shape your attitudes and practices related to sexuality. It is important that
parents and adult guardians are aware and understand what the adolescents are
doing online and these popular online activities that they engaged to. This module
will help you understand the factors that affect one’s attitude and practices related
to human sexuality and sexual behaviors.

Therefore, what you have learned from your lesson in human sexuality will
help you make smart decisions about your sexual behavior. It will also help you
develop into a mature man or woman.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

Analyze the factors affecting one’s attitudes and practices related to sexuality and
sexual behavior (H8FH-Ib-19).

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 What I What I Know

At this moment, let us try to have something to ponder about this activity. Do
it your activity notebook.

Direction: The questions below will help you determine your knowledge on factors
that affect your attitude and practices related to sexuality and sexual behaviors.
Multiple Choice. Read the questions and write the letter of your answer on your
activity notebook.
________1. Which of the following factors does not affect one’s attitude related to
sexuality?
a. family
b. nature
c. peers
d. socio-economic status

________ 2. Which of the following describes the factor that affect one’s attitude
related to sexuality which occurs inside your home?
a. school
b. church
c. peers
d. family

________3. It is the factor that refers to your way of living.

a. friends
b. socio-economic status
c. media
d. none of the above

________4. The following are forms of media that affect one’s attitude and practices
towards sexuality, except one.
a. television
b. books
c. peers
d. films

________5. Which of the following describes the factor that affect one’s attitude
related to your beliefs and traditions?
a. culture
b. environment
c. family
d. socio – economic status

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B. Which statement is correct about the different factors that affect one’s attitude
and behavior towards sexuality? Put “√ ” if it is correct, and then put “ X ” if it is not.
Write your answer on your activity notebook.

________6. Our parents are the only source of information about sexuality.
________7. Wearing of hijab by Muslim women shows modesty as part of their
tradition.
________8. All the things we search on the internet are correct.
________9. You tell secrets to your close friends.
________10. It is fine to be alone always.
________11. It is good to listen to parents’ advice.
________12. You can marry anytime you want.
________13. Education can improve our standard of living.
________14. Engaging into a serious relationship at a young age may lead into
unintended pregnancy.
________15. We should confirm only right information on social media.

Very Good! You did a great job. Thank you for answering honestly. You are
now ready for the discussion.

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 Lesson Factors that Affect One’s
1 Attitudes and Practices
Related to Sexuality

What’s In

Are you still following our module? Let’s have our review of your topic in
Module 1.

Answer the following questions. Write it on your activity notebook.

1. How do you distinguish human sexuality (male-female)?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

2. Explain human sexuality according to the different times of life.

a. babies
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
b. adolescent like you
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
c. old Age
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

Amazing! You are now ready to discover more about factors that affect
attitudes and practices related to sexuality. It is important to understand the concept
of this topic. The people or things that surround you can be the factors that will
influence your attitude towards your sexual behavior.

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 Notes to the Teacher
This module consists of different activities and a strategy to
develop the learners about module 2 which is factors affecting one’s
behavior related to sexuality. Make sure that they sincerely do the
activity step by step before allowing them to proceed to the next
activity. This module could be of great help to you and the learners.

What’s New

This module focuses on factors affecting one’s attitudes and practices related
to sexuality and sexual behavior and double standard of morality. Now, let’s have
our activity before we proceed to our new lessons.

Activity: Numbers to Answers!

Instructions: The alphabet is shown below. Find your answers and decode the
number given, by using the alphabet code. Write your answers on your activity
notebook.

Factors that Affect One’s Sexual Behavior

Example: 25, 15, 21–YOU

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

1. 6,1,13,9,12,25 _________________________________

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2.16,5,5,18,19 _________________________________

3. 3, 21,12,20,21,18,5 _______________________________

4. 13, 5,4,9,1 ________________________________

5.19,15,3,9,15,5,3,15,14,15,13,9,3,19,21,20,21,19________________________________

What is It

Hi guys! At this moment let us grasp idea and information from our new
lessons in this module. And let’s connect our previous activity to these lessons. The
words that you decoded in our first activity have a connection with our lesson. These
are the factors that affect one’s attitudes and practices related to sexuality and sexual
behavior.

Factors that Affect One’s Attitudes and Practices Related to Sexuality

1. Family. Family values oftentimes determine your own values. It is the center of
information about sexual learning that starts from birth and continues throughout life.
The learning of appropriate and basic practices of sexuality begin early in life. It is highly
influenced by the environment in the home and the values and the behavior of parents.
“Family' is a single word, with many different meanings. People have many ways of
defining a family and what being a part of a family means to them. Families differ in
terms of economic, cultural, social, and many other facets, but what every family has
in common is that the people who call it a family are making clear that those people
are important in some way to the person calling them his family.

Examples: proper choice of clothing, proper behavior, toys, games

2. Culture. Filipinos living in different regions have diverse cultures and beliefs. Your
cultural background can affect your values regarding sexuality, along with the norms
and standards set by society. Our customs and traditions and religious aspect has
also a great impact on the different practices we possess towards sexuality as a man
or a woman.

Examples: different beliefs when it comes to dressing up, traditions on

marriages just like “pamamanhikan” or giving dowry, religious standards of morality
– modesty for women and manliness for men

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3. Peers. Like your family, your friends can also have a significant impact on your
views on human sexuality. Your peers may play an important role in socialization in
which you adopt attitudes and behaviors towards same sex or opposite sex and
having relationships. You also ask opinion from your peers and sometimes they are
part of your decision making.

Examples: peer pressure, influence, girls talk or boys talk

4. Media. The media plays a significant role in our lives as we regularly watch
televisions, listen to radio, search the internet, read newspapers and magazines.

Teens nowadays spent large amount of time with various media sources as
where they can view programs and internet content exploring about sexuality, and
seek answers from media for their questions about what is sexually acceptable.
Media has become significant factor in many young person day to day routine. Many
people across are beginning to rely on technology throughout their day, to the point
it can be depicted as a digital limb for some users. We can’t leave a room without
putting our phones in our pockets. Many rely on them to wake us up to start the
day.
On an academic level, social media can have a negative effect on student’s
productivity when it comes to concentration in the classroom, timekeeping and
conscientiousness.
However, other issues such as having damaging effects on self- image and
mental health, productivity in school, and issues with privacy and data protection
are attributes that students need to be educated on. Most Programs involving sexual
activity especially in television are regulated by a government agency like MTRCB.
Rating of a television program such as Parental guidance (PG) or Strict Parental
Guidance (SPG) is present before the start of the program. These warnings may lead
to a positive result. This warns the viewer to the sexual nature of the program and
encourages them to be responsible.

Examples: source of information, printed magazines, pornography, films

5. Socio- Economic Status. It is the quality of life or the standard of living of a family
that can be measured as a combination of education, income, and occupation. The
role of the following aspects of socio economic status such as education, income, and
occupation, can affect the health status of the family especially on reproductive health
issues.

Examples: Unwanted pregnancy, adolescent birth rates, infant mortality.

6. School and Church. The church and the school play a vital role in helping parents
influence their adolescents’ understanding about sexuality and helping them make
responsible and healthy sexual choice now and in the future. Many religious
traditions and schools promote a sexual ethic that is summarized as chastity in
singleness and fidelity in marriage.

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 What’s More

At this moment let us connect our activity to our discussion. Let’s see if you
really understand our lessons.

Activity 1: Connect and Relate!

Instructions: There are different terms written on the circles below. Connect the
terms if they are related to each other by using an arrow. You can connect the terms
as many times as you can as long as they are related. Copy and answer it on your
activity notebook.

To express your thoughts about the topic, answer the question and write
your answer on your activity notebook.

1. Why do you think that family is considered as the center of information in sexual
learning?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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 Awesome! Get ready for another challenging part of this module.

What I Have Learned

How are you? In order to know what you have learned in our topic, answer the
following questions by filling in the blank choose your answer on the box. Write your
answer on your activity notebook.

Education School Media

Family Friends Cultural background

1. Like your family, your _____________ can also have a significant impact on
your views on human sexuality.

2. Socioeconomic status refers to the __________of living of a family.

3. You ______________________ can affect your values regarding sexuality, along

with the norms and standards set by society.

4. Teens spent large amount of time with various ________ sources where they
can view programs and internet content.

5. The _____ is the center of information about sexual learning.

Why it is important to verify the information we take from the internet about
sexuality and sexual health?

_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

Bravo! Now, you’re on your way to the last stage.

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 What I Can Do

For you to transfer your knowledge using your skills, create 5 simple symbols
that represent the factors that affect one’s behavior towards sexuality – family,
culture, peers, media, and socioeconomic status. Then write a short description why
you did choose that kind of symbol. Be creative and put it on a short bond paper.

Criteria Score
Drawing Accuracy 15%
Craftsmanship 15%
Line quality and form development 10%
Composition 5%
Effort 5%
TOTAL 100%

5 Simple Symbols

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

In creating your artwork, refer to the criteria above.

Great Job! You did well in applying what you have learned.

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 Assessment

A. Multiple Choice. Read each statement. Write the letter of your choice on your
activity notebook.

1. It is the center of information about sexual learning that starts from birth and
continues throughout life.
a. culture b. family c. peers d. media
2. It refers to the customs, traditions and religion aspects that has a great impact
indifferent practices.
a. peers b. media c. culture d. family
3. It plays an important role in socialization in which you adopt attitudes and
behavior.
a. media b. culture c. family d. peers
4. It plays an important role in our lives as we are regularly connected to internet
and other devices.
a. family b. media c. peers d. culture
5. It is the quality of life or the standard of living of a family.
a. socio-economic status c. socio-status
b. socio- income d. social relationship
6. The major aspect of personality.
a. sex b. physical self c. gender d. sexuality
7. It is often an outward expression of gender identity.
a. sex b. gender c. gender role d. sexuality
8. It refers to femininity or masculinity of a person’s role and behavior as dictated
by society.
a. sex b. gender c. gender role d. sexuality
9. It refers to biological basis of being male or female.
a. sex b. gender c. gender role d. sexuality
10. It provides a sense of self-worth when sexual understanding is positive.
a. sex b. ethical self c. gender d. sexuality

B. Matching Type
Column A represents the different factors that affect one’s behavior towards
sexuality, while Column B are samples of practices that would relate to the
following factors. Match Column A with Column B to get the correct answer. Write
it on your activity notebook.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

11.media a. clothing
12.peers b. attainment
13.family c. pornography
14.socioeconomic status d. beliefs
15.culture e. girls talk, boys talk
f. income

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 Additional Activities

Activity: Fill in the Chart!

Instructions: Fill out the chart below with the important information about the
topic being discussed. Copy and Write your answer on the activity notebook.

Good job! You did well on this module! See you on the next module.

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Answer Key

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the new normal. Contents of this module were based on DepEd’s Most
Essential Learning Competencies (MELC). This is a supplementary material
to be used by all learners of Region XII in all public schools beginning SY
2020-2021. The process of LR development was observed in the production of
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