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    This document discusses understanding one's sexual self. It covers the five circles of sexuality which include sensuality, sexual intimacy, sexual identity, reproduction and sexual health, and sexualization. It also discusses the chemistry behind lust, love, and attachment which are driven by different hormones and neurotransmitters. Finally, it debunks several myths around sex, virginity, STIs, consent, and maturity.

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    This document discusses understanding one's sexual self. It covers the five circles of sexuality which include sensuality, sexual intimacy, sexual identity, reproduction and sexual health, and sexualization. It also discusses the chemistry behind lust, love, and attachment which are driven by different hormones and neurotransmitters. Finally, it debunks several myths around sex, virginity, STIs, consent, and maturity.

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    This document discusses understanding one's sexual self. It covers the five circles of sexuality which include sensuality, sexual intimacy, sexual identity, reproduction and sexual health, and sexualization. It also discusses the chemistry behind lust, love, and attachment which are driven by different hormones and neurotransmitters. Finally, it debunks several myths around sex, virginity, STIs, consent, and maturity.

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    Understanding the Self

    SEXUAL SELF
    What is your sexual self?
    ■ Sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and values around
    sexuality.
    Important role of an individual’s sex in lifelong
    development (Hurlock 2001, p.32)

    ■ Increasing societal pressures to develop attitudes and behavior patterns that are
    considered appropriate for members of their sex.
    ■ Learning experiences are determined by the individual’s sex.
    ■ Attitude of parents and other significant family members towards individuals based
    on their sex.
    Sexual Development
    Five Circles of Sexuality
    1. Sensuality: awareness and feeling about your own
    body and other people’s bodies, especially the body of a
    sexual partner.
    2. Sexual Intimacy: ability to be emotionally close to
    another human being and accept the closeness in
    return.
    3. Sexual Identity: a person’s understanding of who
    he/she is sexually, including being male or female.
    4. Reproduction and Sexual Health: capacity to
    reproduce and behaviors and attitudes that make sexual
    relationship healthy and enjoyable.
    5. Sexualization: behaving sexually to influence,
    manipulate, or control other people.
    The Chemistry of Lust,
    Love, and Attachment
    ■Lust: driven by the sex hormones
    (testosterone and estrogen)

    ■Attraction: person starts to feel love;


    neurotransmitters involved (adrenaline,
    dopamine, and serotonin)

    ■Attachment: bond helping the couple to


    take their relationship to advanced levels;
    hormones involved (oxytocin and vasopressin)
    MYTHS & FACTS
    ■ Others can’t tell if you’re a virgin or not.
    ■ The only way you can contract an STD is by having unsafe sex with
    more than one person.
    ■ You can’t get an STI if your partner is a virgin.
    ■ You’re a prude if you want to wait until you’re older.
    ■ Movies and TV portray sex as it really is.
    ■ You can get pregnant the first time you have sex.
    ■ A girl can’t get pregnant if she’s menstruating.
    ■ Oral sex is not sex.
    ■ Girls never pressure guys to have sex—pressure always come from
    the male.
    ■ If you really loved him or her, you’d want to sleep with them.
    ■ Having sex makes you more matured and an adult.
    1. Sexual consent must be explicit.
    2. You can always change your mind.
    3. It's good to check in with each other.
    4. It's fine to slow things down or stop.
    5. Drink and drugs affect consent.

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