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Human Sexuality Unit
Introduction
Mr. Corabi’s Health Education Course
Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush
Introduction
KEY WORDS
SEX
Sexuality
Sexual Activity vs Sexual Intercourse
Sexual Activity
vs
Sexual Intercourse
Sexuality
1)
Any way in which a person's gender, sexual
preference, sexual likes or dis-likes, or intimate
relations manifests through a person's personality.
Can include physical acts but also can include items
that are not physical such as "sexy" poses in
advertisements or pictures, choice of clothes,
choice of intimate relations and sexual preference
Sexuality Continued
2)
How Humans experience and
express themselves
as Sexual beings
SEX
Sex :
1) term used to depict Gender on forms
and at birth
2) A Physical Act of intimate affection
that may or may not lead to reproduction
usually involving at least one person’s
genitals
SEX
Getting away from physical acts of intimacy:
Sex in terms of gender is strictly biological
It is more and more commonly being
specifically stated as
“sex assigned at birth”
www.transstudent.org/gender
GENDER
As “sex” when talking about male /female
is strictly biological,
Gender is much more complicated
and
Socially Constructed
Transstudent.org
GENDER
• Gender — The complex relationship between
physical traits and one’s internal sense of self
as male, female, both or neither, as well
as one’s outward presentations and behaviors
related to that perception. Biological sex and
gender are different; gender is not
inherently connected to one’s physical
anatomy.
Terminology from Griffin, P. & Taylor, H. (2012)
SEX & GENDER
• Some people still view these words as
synonyms. Depending on your personal
world view and the influences that brought
you to that world view, it may be easy or it
may be difficult for you to accept that Sex
and Gender are two separate things
• The KEY is to try to have perspective in order
to hold to your personal beliefs while not
discriminating
GENDER IDENTITY
• Gender Identity — One’s inner concept of self
as male, female, both or neither. One’s gender
identity can be the same or different than the
gender assigned at birth. Most people become
conscious of their gender identity between
the ages of 18 months and 3 years.
Special note: Most people have a gender identity that matches
their assigned gender at birth. For some, however, their gender
identity is different from their assigned gender.
Terminology from Griffin, P. & Taylor, H. (2012)
GENDER Expression
• Gender Expression — Refers to the ways in
which people externally communicate their
gender identity to others through behavior,
clothing, haircut, voice and other forms of
presentation.
• This may include gender fluidity in some
people
Terminology from Griffin, P. & Taylor, H. (2012)
GENDER Expression
• Gender expression also works the other way
as people assign gender to others based on
their appearance, mannerisms and other
gendered characteristics.
Special note: Many transgender people seek to make their
external appearance — their gender expression — congruent
with their internal gender identity through clothing, pronouns,
names, and, in some cases, hormones and surgical procedures.
Terminology from Griffin, P. & Taylor, H. (2012)
Traditionally gender is a binary
construct
Sex assigned at birth
Boy
Girl
Gender Identity
male
female
Gender Expression
masculine
feminine
Attracted to Females
Attracted to Males
Sexual Orientation
In reality…it’s more like this
As a Social Construct, Gender:
IN BINARY (conforming) =
CISGENDER
OUT OF BINARY (non-conforming) =
TRANSGENDER
Sexual Orientation
aka
Sexual Identity
aka
Sexual Preference
• Sexual Orientation — Refers to being
romantically or sexually attracted to people of
a specific gender, or in the case of bisexual
people, either gender.
• Terminology from Griffin, P. & Taylor, H. (2012)
• Our sexual orientation and our gender identity
are separate, distinct parts of our overall
identity. Although children may not yet
be aware of their sexual orientation, they
usually have a strong sense of their gender
identity.
• Terminology from Griffin, P. & Taylor, H. (2012)
In addition:
PAN-SEXUAL
• The word Pansexual is derived from the Greek
prefix pan, meaning "all". The term is
reflective of those who feel they are
sexually/emotionally/spiritually capable of
falling in love with all genders.
http://www.stop-homophobia.com/pansexuality.htm
PAN-SEXUAL
•
Today, the term pansexual is used to describe a romantic or sexual attraction
focused on traits other than sex or gender. In other words, someone who identifies
as pansexual is capable of being attracted to multiple sexes and gender identities,
said David Bond, vice president of programs for LGBT crisis intervention group
Traditional Pansexuality included people who had a specific gender identity that
usually (but not always) conformed to the traditional binary
Today, the contemporary view on “Pan-Sexual” also often includes
People who do not identify as any gender.
It has many overlaps with the terms bi-sexual and gender fluidity but
It’s own unique identification.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/living/pansexual-feat/
Asexual
What is Asexuality?
Asexuality is a sexual orientation but instead of being
sexually attracted to men or women, asexual people
are sexually attracted to no one. This doesn’t mean
they hate sex or avoid it, it just means they don’t find
people sexually attractive.
http://www.asexualityarchive.com/
DEMI-SEXUAL
• Demisexuality is a sexual orientation in
which one feels sexual attraction only
after forming an emotional connection
http://demisexuality.org/
DEMI-SEXUAL
• Categorized under the umbrella term
“Gray Sexuality”
Sometimes referred to as “ACE”
(gray sexual people occasionally have sexual interested
in people and thus are not Asexual but also do not
identify with the general “rules” of sexual attraction”)
http://www.asexualityarchive.com/under-the-ace-umbrella/