Attitudes and Practices Related To Sexuality and Sexual Behavior

Attitudes and Practices
Related to
Sexuality and Sexual
Behavior
Health 8
As you become more aware of
yourself and your sexuality, your action and
behaviors also change as you relate with other person
and how you look at your self as an individual person.
This lesson will provide basic concepts on
various factors that affect your attitudes and practices
related to your sexuality. Through this lesson you can
understand better yourself as an individual person.
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
● identify attitudes and practices related to sexuality
● analyze the factors that affect one’s attitudes and
practices related to sexuality
● apply some practices related to sexuality in dealing
with others
Attitudes and Practices Related to
Sexuality and Sexual
Behavior
Your sexuality is a natural drive
that's with you from birth, but
your family, your culture, your
religious background, the media,
and your peers shape your
attitudes toward sexual health.
Sexuality refers to your
attitudes and behavior toward
yourself
Sexuality means you have to be aware of
yourself better. As you grow older, you
will experience a range of social,
emotional, and physical changes. As these
occur, you need an intensive knowledge
on how to deal with your attitudes and
behavior.
how you
see
yourself
How you Sexuality How you

feel
about Towards think of
yourself
yourself Yourself
How you
love
yourself
Sexuality can be best understood through
the help of the people around you. The
way you see yourself is influenced by
many people. It is important to maintain
good relationships with others. They will
support you and give you confidence,
provide companionship and will keep you
from being lonely.
Sexuality refers to your
perceptions, feelings, and
behaviors towards others
How you see How you think
others of others
Sexuality
Towards
Others
How you love How you feel
others about of others
Four Factors Affecting Sexual
Attitudes and Behaviors
Four Factors Affecting Sexual Attitudes and
Behaviors
01 Family 02 Peers
03 Culture 04 Media
01
FAMIL
Y
As a child you probably spent most of your time
with family members. They were your primary
source of information about the world, relationships,
and yourself. During this time, your parents and
family are likely the most important person in your
life. Sexual attitudes, like many other attitudes,
beliefs and behavior you develop, may begin their
roots in expectations and exposures from an early
age.
According to study, higher levels of physical affection,
positive attitudes, maternal connectedness, sharing
mealtimes, participating in shared activities, and good
relationship between parents and their adolescent
children has shown to be a factor in the development
of healthy sexual attitudes and behaviors in
adolescents. Moreover, closeness, parental supervision
and parental values regarding healthy sexuality prevent
unnecessary sexual setback from children.
02
PEERS
As an adolescent, you may begin to spend more time
with peers/friends and classmates in your own age
group. In addition, as your thinking skills further
develop during this period of change and growth,
you become more capable of comparing and
contrasting differing points of view. As a result,
friends' values and beliefs may influence you as
much and sometimes more than your
parents' values and beliefs
03
CULTURE
Culture is shared patterns of behavior, interactions,
cognitive contracts and understandings that are
learned through socialization. Culture can also be
defined as a collection of learned and easily
identified beliefs and practices shared by groups of
people, which guides their decisions, thinking and
actions in a patterned way. Culture is a set of
customs, traditions and values of a society or
community such as ethnic group or nation.
Culture also includes religion, cuisine, social
habits, beliefs, music and the arts. Every culture
has its own set of norms dictating sexuality and
sexual health. Some promotes circumcision,
marriage before sex, and virginity whereas
others believed in polygamous relationships,
homosexuality, abortion, pre-marital sex,
divorce and others.
04
MEDIA
It has long been recognized that traditional media (tv,
film, music, magazines) and newer media (internet,
cellphone, social media sites) help shape public attitudes
on many topics 3 especially sexuality, gender roles and
sexual behaviors. The portrayal of sexuality encountered
in the media usually does not provide realistic depictions.
Television shows are usually filled with sexual activity
and double-meaning comments.
Music industry has countless sexual video
images and sexual content. Next time you are
in the bookstore or bookstand, numerous
magazine covers related to sexuality.
Advertisement also use sexual themes to sell
their products. You are told that if you buy
the right soap, make up, products you will
look sexier and beautiful.
ACTIVITY 1
Write the practices related to
sexual behavior you have
acquired or adopted from your
family, peers, culture and
media.
ACTIVITY
2
Knowing now the basic information and
concepts of sexuality as related to yourself,
how would your relate to other people
specially with the opposite sex. Write your
answer in the box.
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ASSESSMEN
T
Read each statement carefully. Write T
if the statement is correct, and write F
if the statement is incorrect.
1. Sexuality has nothing to do with your physical
changes.
2. Sexuality refers to your attitude and behavior towards
yourself.
3. Your peer group affects the way your understand your
sexuality as a person.
4. Behaviors of other people does not affect your attitude
and behavior towards yourself.
5. Friends' values and beliefs may influence you as much
and some times more than your parents' values and
beliefs.
6. The portrayal of sexuality encountered in the
media usually does not provide realistic depictions.
7. You are told that if you buy the right soap, make
up, products you will look sexier and beautiful.
8. Culture is a set of customs, traditions and values
of a society or community such as ethnic group or
nation.
9. Closeness, parental supervision and parental
values regarding healthy sexuality prevent
unnecessary sexual setback from children.
10. Religion is a forceful factor in your sexuality.
THANK
YOU!
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