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“Knowing yourself
is the beginning of
all wisdom.”
A R I S T O T L E
 P U B E R T Y
vs.
A D O L E S C E N C E
Pub er t y
It is WHEN THE
physical
changes takes
place which leads
d o l e sc e n c e
It refers to the
transition period
when
psychological and
 S E X U A L C H A R A C T E R I S T I C
S:

P andcondary
r im ar y
Se
Se c o n d ar y
S E X U A L
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S

These are the result of

hormonal changes in
the body during
C O M M O N S E C O N D A RY
SEXUAL
C H A RA C T E R I S T I C S :
a. Change in
height
b. Sweat &
sebaceous Glands
C H A N G E S D E V E LO P E D
I N B OY S :
A. heavier
muscular body,
B. Enlargement
of voice box
C. Maturation of
C H A N G E S D E V E LO P E D
IN GIRLS:
A. Shoulders and
hips become wider.
B. Matured ovaries.
C. Ovulation and
menstruation
“Adolescence can be a
time of turmoil and
turbulence, of stress and
storm. Rebellion against
authority and against
HAIM GINOTT
convention is to be
o g e no u s Zo n e
These are the surface areas
of the human body (i.e,
lips, genitalia, etc.) that,
when stimulated, produce
erotic or sexual
sensations and reactions.
The ones you probably
haven’t considered.
The ones you might
have suspected.
 The ones you’re
definitely aware of.
 SEX IS
EMOTION
IN MOTION.
M A E W E S T
Hu ma n S e x u
po n s e
ReA
s
biochemical
and
physiological
response/reacti
xu a l R e s p o n s e
C y c l e B Y:
W I L L I A M M A S T E R S &
V I R G I N I A J O H N S O N

refers to the sequence of

physical and emotional
changes that occur as a
person becomes sexually
xu a l R e s p o n s e B Y:
W I L L I A M M A S T E R S &
V I R G I N I A J O H N S O N

C y c l e org as m

resolution
plateau
excite me n t
 Dopamine,
norepinephrine,
serotonin…We’re
a natural drug
factory when we
HELEN FISHER
 BASIC
BASIC
BIOLOGY OF
BIOLOGY OF
SEXUAL
SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR
BEHAVIOR
 S ex
Brai n an
The
d
brain
structure
is the
that
translates the nerve
impulses from the skin
into pleasurable
sensations. It controls
nerves and muscles
Aro ma o f G en e
our genes give off a
specific smell capable
of awakening
attraction between
some people and not
 T H E C H E M I S T R Y O F L O V
E :

in g r
The
e d i e n t s
Tes t o s tero n eINCREASES LIBIDO IN JUST
ABOUT EVERYONE.

Though it plays a more

significant role in the life of the
biological male, it is actually
present in both sexes to
some degree. Aside of its
Role to control aggression
 Estro IF HIGH, A WOMAN BECOME
S E X UA L LY M OT I VAT E D A RO U N D
THE TIME THEY OVULATE

gen
Are female sex hormones
found in both women and
men which are primarily
responsible for the
growth and development
D op aI FEEL GOOD WITH YOU, I “NEED” TO
BE WITH YOU AND I DON’T KNOW

mine
WHY

It is the biological
component that “lights us
up.” It’s a chemical
substance extremely
related to pleasure and
Norep i nep EVERYTHING IS MORE

hrine
INTENSE WITH YOU

It stimulates
adrenaline production.
It’s what makes our heart
beat faster, our hands
sweat, and fully activates
all our noradrenergic
 P
SWEETHEART, YOU

l eth y
TRIGGER MY

h en y
i n e
It is a stimulant, causes
la
the m release
norepinephrine
of
and
dopamine. And when
combined with
dopamine and
Sero to n i IN ONE SINGLE WORD:
HAPPINESS.

n
It IS a hormone that’s
known to be involved
in appetite and mood.
Serotonin brings us
well-being when
things are going well.
Ox y to c in
THE HORMONE THAT MAKES
U P L O V E W I T H A “ C A P I TA L L .”

Dopamine triggers the

release of oxytocin, which
is sometimes called the
“hormone of love,” and
"cuddle hormone."
Oxytocin is a hormone
Endo rp h in THE NATURAL PAINKILLER

The word endorphin comes

from “endogenous,”
meaning from within the
body, and “morphine,”
which is an opiate pain
reliever. In other words,
 e s / C at eg o ri
ree Stag
o v e
of L attachment
BY:
DR. HELEN FISHER

attracti on
lust
Stage One: Lust
Lust is driven by the
desire for sexual
gratification. The
hypothalamus of the brain
plays a big role in this,
stimulating the
production of the sex
hormones testosterone
 Two: Attraction
Stage Two:
Stage
In the second stage, you
begin to obsess about
your lover and crave his
presence. Your heart
races and you don’t feel
like sleeping or eating.
You may even get sweaty
palms. You feel a surge of
 Three: Attachment
Stage Three:
Stage
attachment is the
predominant factor in long-
term relationships. After
about four years in a
relationship, dopamine
decreases and attraction
goes down. If things are going
well, it gets replaced by the
T he G u id e
through the
stages of love.
• Don’t mistake lust
for love
• Keep the dopamine
flowing in a long-
term relationship.
• Keep the oxytocin
e Ch emi s t ry o f Lo
Love is pure and true;
love knows no gender
TORI SPELLING
ex vs. Gender
Sex is purely biological, It is
determined by physical
characteristics including sex
chromosomes, gonads, sex
hormones, internal
reproductive structures, and
external genitalia. As soon as
an individual is born, they are
identified as either male or
 Sexual
It is developed during puberty and
Becomes more apparent as teenagers
Identity
start to feel sexual attraction.
Curiosity about sex is a normal part of
the degree
Gender
of
human development.
acceptance or
discomfort which an adult
manifests
behavioral
Identity
in
and
terms of
emotional
characteristics expected for a
 Sexual
It focuses on the biological sex
of Orientation
the
individual
person
is
who an
sexually
attracted to. There are three
options that fall under the
classification of sexual
orientation: heterosexual,
bisexual, and homosexual. It
 Sexual
These are the actions that

Behavior
lead to reproduction and
stimulation of sexual
organs for satisfaction. It
behavior deals with all
things relating to sex,
Diversity of Sexual
Behavior
• Solitar • Homo
y sexual
• Heter • Bisexu
osexu al
al
 Solit
When a person does

ary
an activity alone,
in terms of sexual
behavior,
masturbation
takes place. It’s a
Heteros
It is defined as sexual

exual
Behavior
people
opposite
of
between

sex.
the
A
common term for a
person who identifies as
Homose
It can refer to either

xual
attraction
behavior
or sexual
between
people of the same sex,
or to a sexual
orientation. When
 Bisexual
It refers to sexual behavior between
people of multiple genders. Bisexual
people are not necessarily attracted
equally to both sexes. Because
bisexuality is often an ambiguous
position between homosexuality
and heterosexuality, those who
Sexually Transmitted
Diseases (STDs)
It is used to refer to a
condition passed from
one person to another
through sexual contact.
But That doesn’t mean
sex is the only way STDs
Asymptomatic STIs
Asymptomatic STIs
Many Sexually
Transmitted Infections
(STIs) have no signs or
symptoms
(asymptomatic). Even
with no symptoms,
Symptom
• pain or discomfort during

s in Men
sex or urination
• sores, bumps, or rashes
on or around the penis,
testicles, anus, buttocks,
thighs, or mouth
• unusual discharge or
Symptoms
• pain or discomfort

in Women
during sex or urination
• sores, bumps, or rashes
on or around the
vagina, anus, buttocks,
thighs, or mouth
 Types
Types of
of
Sexually
Sexually
Transmitted
Transmitted
Diseases
Diseases (STDs)
(STDs)
 Ch l a m y d i a bacterial
infection of your genital

a
tract.
Signs and symptoms If left untreated, chlamydia
may include: can lead to:
• Painful urination • infections of the urethra,
• Lower abdominal pain prostate gland, or
• Vaginal discharge in testicles
women • apelvic
If inflammatory
pregnant woman
• Discharge from the hasdisease
untreated
penis in men • infertility
chlamydia,The baby
Gonorrhe
or Clap,
is a bacterial
infection of your
genital tract that can also grow in your

a
mouth
Signs and symptoms may throat eyes and anus.
include:
If left untreated, chlamydia
• Thick, cloudy or bloody
can lead to:
discharge from the • infections of the urethra,
penis or vagina
prostate gland, or
• Pain or burning
testicles
sensation when • pelvic
It’s inflammatory
possible for a
urinating
disease
mother to pass
• Heavy menstrual
Tricho m o n i or trich, is caused
by a microscopic,
one-celled parasite called Trichomonas

asis
vaginalis which infects the vagina in
women.
Signs and symptoms may • Pain during sexual
include: intercourse
• Clear, white, greenish or If
• left
Painful, and frequent
untreated, chlamydia
yellowish vaginal canurination
lead to:
discharge • infections of the urethra,
• Discharge from the prostate gland, or
penis testicles
• Strong vaginal odor • pelvic inflammatory
Human Immunodeficie
an infection to the immune system, and it
Virus
Early HIV
can lead to AIDS, a chronic, life-
mild Signs and symptoms
threatening disease of
signs and infections or late-stage HIV infection
symptoms chronic signs include:
may include: and symptoms • Persistent,
• Fever such as: unexplained fatigue
• Headache • Swollen • Soaking night sweats
• Sore lymph • Shaking chills or
throat nodes fever
• Swollen • Diarrhea • Swelling of lymph
 Ge n i t a l caused by a type
of the herpes
simplex virus (HSV)
that enters your body through small breaks in

Her p e s
Signs and symptoms may
include:
your skin or mucous membranes.
buttocks, anus or thighs,
or inside the tube from
• Small red bumps, blisters the bladder through the
(vesicles) or open sores penis (urethra).
(ulcers) in the genital, • Ulcers can make urination
anal and nearby areas painful.
• Pain or itching around • pain and tenderness in
the genital area, buttocks your genital area
Human Papillomaviru
virus that usually has no signs or symptoms.
Infection
sometimes the common symptom of HPV are
warts on the genitals, mouth, or throat. most
cases of HPV don’t become cancerous, some
strains of the virus are more likely to cause
Some strains of HPV cancer than others
infection can lead to
cancer, including: • penile cancer
• oral cancer • rectal cancer
• cervical cancer
• vulvar cancer
 Genital Warts may be as small
as 1 millimeter in
diameter or may multiply into large clusters.
some forms put women at high risk of cervical
Signs and symptoms may cancer.
include: • In women, genital warts .
• Small red bumps, blisters can grow on the vulva, the
(vesicles) or open sores walls of the vagina, the
(ulcers) in the genital, area between the external
anal and nearby areas genitals and the anus, and
• Pain or itching around the cervix.
the genital area, buttocks• In men, they may occur
 Hepati Hepatitis A, hepatitis B
and hepatitis C are all
contagious viral infections that affect your liver.

tis
Hepatitis B and C are the most serious of the
three, but each can cause your liver to become
Signs and symptoms may inflamed.
include: • Fever .
• Fatigue • Dark urine
• Nausea and vomiting • Muscle or joint pain
• Abdominal pain or • Itching
discomfort, especially in • Yellowing of your skin and
the area of your liver on the whites of your eyes
your right side beneath (jaundice)
 Syph a bacterial infection that affects
your genitals, skin and mucous
membranes, but it can also involve
ilis
Primary syphilis:
many other parts of your body.
• Fever
• Enlarged
• Numbness
• small, painless • Paralysis
sore, usually in lymph nodes • Blindness
• Fatigue and a • Dementia
genitals,
rectum, tongue vague feeling • Neurosyphili
or lips. of discomfort s, which can
• Soreness and cause
Secondary
syphilis: aching headache,
• Rash marked Latent behavior
 Pubic Or crabs are tiny
insects that can take up residence on pubic

Lice
hair, feeding on human blood. if left
untreated, pubic lice can spread to other
people through skin-to-skin contact
Common symptoms of
pubic lice include: • low-grade fever
• itching around the • lack of energy
genitals or anus • irritability
• small pink or red
 Other less common
Sexually-Transmitted
Diseases (STDs):
• Chancroid
• Lymphogranul • Molluscum
oma Contagiosum
Co n c e
It is the time when

p t i o n
sperm travels up
through the
vagina, into the
uterus, and
SEVERAL METHODS OF
conceptio
n
 Natural
there is no
C onception
intervention
medical
by

professionals or
additional
hormones or
Artificial Form
refers to medical
of Conception
interventions used by
fertility specialists and
clinics to help couples
with fertility problems to
conceive a baby. A
Drug Therapy
Drug therapy combined with
intercourse, artificial
insemination, or IVF (in vitro
fertilization) may produce a
pregnancy. In certain cases of
infertility, drug therapy may be
used to correct the problem.
Examples are:
• Metrodin, a hormonal drug that is
 Artificial
the nonsurgical insertion
Inseminatio
of sperm into the vagina
or uterus. This technique

n
can be done to provide a
more concentrated sperm
count from the father or
provide sperm from a
 In Vitro (ivf)
Fer
is tiliza
fertilized by a tionin a
the procedure in which an egg
sperm
laboratory glass dish.
Typically in this process a
woman is treated with drug
therapy to stimulate egg
production. fertilized eggs
are implanted in the
Gamete Intra-
Transfer
(GIFT)
fallopian
a procedure in which a doctor
inserts both the eggs and
the sperm into a woman's
fallopian tube for
fertilization inside the
woman's body. The resulting
 Zygote Intra- (zIF
T)
fand
allopian Transfer
combines aspects of IVF
GIFT. In this
procedure, the eggs and
sperm are combined in
the laboratory. Then the
fertilized eggs are
inserted in the fallopian
Intracytoplasmic
(icsi a laboratory procedure in
Sperm
)
which Injection
a doctor injects a
single sperm into a single
egg for fertilization. The
fertilized egg is then
implanted in the woman's
uterus. It is useful for men
Do n o r/ Froz en
andgSperm
E gs
Donor eggs and sperm are
donated by healthy women
or men whom the parents
may or may not know may
be used in fertilization
techniques. Technological
S u rro g a cy
If a woman is unable to carry
a fetus to term in a
pregnancy, an alternative is to
have another woman carry
the fetus. Depending on the
type of fertility problem, the
surrogate mother may carry
the egg of the infertile
 Assisted (ar
t)
Reproductive
refers to the application of
laboratory or clinical
technology to sperm, eggs
and Technology
/ or embryos
(fertilised eggs) to assist
the conception of a baby.
These advanced and complex
treatments have had
f sThese are commonly used for
In j ec t
i o n s
hTechnology. FSH induces the
Assisted Reproductive

development of multiple
follicles in the woman's
ovaries, which needs to be
closely monitored with
regular blood tests and
Emotions and Fertility
fertility Ttreatments
Couples who undergo
reatments can
experience a wide
range of feelings. Hence
Many couples should talk
about the merry-go-round
of fertility treatments and
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