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Components of Sexuality
What is Sexuality?
Sexuality is made up of many components, such as culture, ethnicity, gender, and personality traits.
4 Major components- biological sex- gender identity- gender expression- sexual orientation
What is biological sex?
The “sexual parts” you are born with! Includes hormone levels, chromosomes, secondary sex
characteristics, external genitalia, and internal reproductive structures
What is gender identity?
The gender people believe themselves to be in their hearts and minds
How they feel in terms of male and female and how they choose to show that to others
What is gender expression?
Everything we do that communicates our sex/gender to others
Expressed in clothing, hair styles, mannerisms, way of speaking, roles we take in interactions, social sex roles, etc.
What is sexual orientation?
Types of sexual orientation: heterosexual/straight: attraction to people of
the opposite gender homosexual/gay/lesbian: attraction to people
of the same gender bisexual: attraction to people of either gender
An enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes
Is Sexual Orientation a Choice?
Beliefs of Medical Associations:
“Sexual orientation involves a complex mixture of biology, psychology, and environmental factors”
Genes and hormonal factors may play a role
Sexual orientation is not simply chosen
Other beliefs:Individuals can choose who they are attracted to
What is it like for gay teens?
Expected to be straight/heterosexual
Feel different from peers when friends start talking about romantic feelings, dating, sex
May feel like they have to pretend to be heterosexual in order to fit in
Fears of prejudice, rejection, etc.
Many experience acceptance and comfort
What is transgender?
When biological sex and gender identity do not match
Caused by a hormone imbalance in the womb
Brain is given the wrong gender imprint
Knowledge Check
Identify which component of sexuality is being defined in each of the next slides.
What term is being described?
Everything we do that communicates our sex/gender to others
Gender Expression
What term is being described?
The sex organs that we are born with
Biological Sex
What term is being described?
How we feel in our hearts and minds about whether we are male or female
Gender Identity
What term is being described?
A enduring romantic and physical attraction toward a particular gender
Sexual Orientation
What term is being described?
When biological sex and gender identity do not match
Transgender
Accepting Differences
Part 2
Introducing New Students to HMS
Think about: Interests that these
people have in common with you
Someone you would be friends with
Someone you would be interested in dating
RobTeam
player
Lots of friends
Has a sister
Good sense of humor
Likes school most of the time
Zoe
Good friend
Has a horse
Great singer Performs in plays
Wants to be a Doctor
ZackGood student
Great dancer
Loves ice
cream Has 4 brothers
Very tall
Plays soccer Loves to text
Loves animals
Wants to be a
Vet
Speaks 3 languages
Carmen
RobBorn with male body parts:
• Biological sex?
• Male
Sees himself as a man and expresses himself through clothing, etc. as a man:
• Gender identity/expression?
• Male
Attracted to males:
• Sexual orientation?
• Homosexual/gay
ZoeBorn with male body parts:
• Male
Sees herself as a woman and expresses herself through clothing, etc. as a woman:
• Gender identity/expression?
• FemaleAttracted to males:
• Sexual orientation?
• Heterosexual
• Biological sex?
Term that describes mismatch between biological sex and gender identity?
• Transgender
ZachBorn with male body parts:
• Biological sex?
• Male
Sees himself as a man and expresses himself through clothing, etc. as a man:
• Gender identity/expression?
• Male
Attracted to females:
• Sexual orientation?
• Straight/heterosexual
Carmen
Born with female body parts:
• Biological sex?
• Female
Sees herself as a woman and expresses herself through clothing, etc. as a woman:
• Gender identity/expression?
• Female
Attracted to females:
• Sexual orientation?
• Lesbian/gay/homosexual
Critical Thinking Questions
What concerns might Rob and Carmen have as students
in this school?
How might Zoe feel coming to school each day?
What can you do to make these students feel more
comfortable at school?
Think Before You Speak
That’s so gay!
In Closing
Look beyond the labels that society puts on people.
Take time to discover commonalties and celebrate differences.
No one is just athletic, just intelligent, just funny, just Latino or just Jewish. Likewise, no one is just lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.