GOOD DAY !

Specific Learning Objectives:

At the end of the session, the students
are able to-
* differentiate sex, gender, and sexuality;
*discuss the implication of these
differences;
* contemplate about your own sexuality
and on the importance of appreciating
sexual diversity.
* Sex refers to biologically defined and
genetically acquired differences between
males and females, according to their
physiology and reproductive capabilities or
potentialities. On the other hand, gender
refers to the economic, social, political, and
cultural attributes and opportunities
associated with being women and men
* On the other hand, gender refers to
the culturally and socially constructed
roles, responsibilities, privileges,
relations and expectations of women,
men, boys and girls. Gender is not
another word for women. This learned
behavior is what makes up gender
identity, and determines gender roles.
Sex roles refer to biological functions that are
limited to one particular sex.
For example, pregnancy is a female sex role
because only women can bear children.
Gender roles are roles classified by sex, in
which the classification is social and not
biological. may be classified as a female role,
but it is Child-rearing a female gender role
rather than a female sex role, as child-rearing
can be done by men or women.
Productive activities refer to the production
of goods and services for consumption or
trade - for example, farming or fishing. When
people are asked what they do, the response
is usually related to productive work,
especially work which generates income.

women and men differ their functions and

responsibilities according to gender divisions
of labor.
 •Gender roles are socially defined which
determine social and economic activities that
reflect biological differences and vary according
to regions and cultures and change over time.
•Gender analysis is the study of different
roles and responsibilities of men and women;
their differentiated access to resources and their
priority needs to better understand and address
gender inequalities.
 •Gender mainstreaming is the process of
assessing the implications for women and men
of any planned action, including legislation,
policies or programs, in any area and at all
levels.
•Gender equality is the equality between
men and women in rights, responsibilities and
entitlements. Equal voice in civil and political life
 •Gender equity is the equity recognizes the
differences and accommodates them to prevent
the continuation of an inequitable status quo. It
emphasizes fairness in both process and outcome.
 •Women in Development (WID) is a
development approach that focuses on the
specific needs of women and seeks to address
them separately.
•Gender and Development (GAD) is an
approach that takes into account the different
needs of women and men and aims to create
gender equity and equality between them. Both
WID and GAD seek to improve the
disadvantaged position of women.
 •Human Sexuality” refers to people's sexual
interest in and attraction to others, as well as
their capacity to have erotic experiences and
responses. People's sexual orientation is their
emotional and sexual attraction to particular
sexes or genders, which often shapes their
sexuality.
 •Sexuality is an important part of who
we are as humans. Beyond the ability to
reproduce, sexuality also defines how we
see ourselves and how we physically relate
to others.
•Sexual orientation is a term used to
refer to a person's emotional, romantic,
and sexual attraction to individuals of a
particular gender (male or female).
Types of sexual orientation:
•Allosexual. A word and category describing those
who experience sexual attraction. Use of this term
helps to normalize the experience of being asexual and
provides a more specific label to describe those who
aren’t part of the asexual community.
•Allosexism. This refers to norms, stereotypes, and
practices in society that operate under the assumption
that all human beings experience, or should
experience, sexual attraction.
 •Androsexual. A term used to communicate
sexual or romantic attraction to men, males, or
masculinity. This term intentionally includes
attraction to those who identify as men, male,
or masculine, regardless of biology, anatomy, or
sex assigned at birth.
•Asexual. Asexual identity or orientation
includes individuals who don’t experience sexual
attraction to others of any gender.
 •Aromantic. A romantic orientation the
describes people who experience little or no
romantic attraction, regardless of sex or
gender.
•Autosexual. A person who’s sexually
attracted to themselves. Someone’s desire to
engage in sexual behavior such as
masturbation doesn’t determine whether
they’re autosexual.
 • Autoromatic
• A romantic orientation that describes a person
who’s romantically attracted to themselves. Those
who identify as autoromatic often report
experiencing the relationship they have with
themselves as romantic.
• Bicurious
• This refers to people who are questioning or
exploring bisexuality, which typically includes
curiosity about one’s romantic or sexual attraction to
people of the same or different genders.
 •Bisexual. A sexual orientation that describes
those who experience sexual, romantic, or
emotional attractions to people of more than one
gender.
•Biromantic. Those who experience romantic
attraction, but not sexual attraction, to
individuals of more than one gender.
 •Closeted. Closeted, also referred to as “in
the closet,” describes people in the LGBTQIA+
community who don’t publicly or openly share
their sexual identity, sexual attraction, sexual
behavior, gender expression, or gender identity.
•Coming out. A phrase that refers to the
process of being open about one’s sexuality and
gender. For many LGBTQIA+ people, “coming
out” isn’t a one-time event, but a process and
series of moments and conversations.
 •Demisexual. On the asexual spectrum,
this sexual orientation describes individuals
who experience sexual attraction only under
specific circumstances, such as after
building a romantic or emotional
relationship with a person.
 •Demiromantic. This romantic orientation
describes individuals who experience romantic
attraction only under specific circumstances,
such as after building an emotional relationship
with a person.
•Fluid. This terms refers to the fact that
sexuality, sexual attraction, and sexual behavior
can change over time and be dependent on the
situation.
 •Gay. A term that describes individuals who
experience sexual, romantic, or emotional
attraction to people of the same or a similar
gender.
•Graysexual. Graysexual is a term used to
acknowledge the gray area on the sexuality
spectrum for people who don’t explicitly and
exclusively identify as asexual or aromantic.
 •Grayromantic. A romantic orientation that
describes individuals whose romantic attraction
exists in the gray area between romantic and
aromantic.
• Gynesexual. A term used to communicate
sexual or romantic attraction to women,
females, or femininity. This term intentionally
includes attraction to those who identify as
women, female, or feminine, regardless of
biology, anatomy, or the sex assigned at birth.
 •Heterosexual. A term that describes people
who experience sexual, romantic, or emotional
attraction to people of the “opposite” gender
(e.g. male vs. female, man vs. woman) or a
different gender.
•Homosexual. An outdated term rooted in
the fields of medicine and psychology that refers
to individuals who experience sexual, romantic,
or emotional attraction to people of the same or
a similar gender.
 •Lesbian. A woman or female-identified
person who experiences sexual, romantic, or
emotional attraction to people of the same or a
similar gender.
•LGBTQIA+. The acronym that often
describes individuals who don’t identify as
exclusively heterosexual or exclusively
cisgender.
 •Libidoist asexual. A term used to describe
an asexual person who experiences sexual
feelings that are satisfied through self-
stimulation or masturbation.
•Monosexual. A broad sexual orientation
category that includes people who experience
romantic or sexual attraction to people of one
sex or gender. Monosexuality typically includes
those who are exclusively heterosexual, gay, or
lesbian.
 •Non-libidoist asexual. Referring to an
identity on the asexuality spectrum, a non-
libidoist asexual is someone who doesn’t
experience any sexual feelings or have an active
sex drive.
•Omnisexual. Omnisexual is similar to
pansexual and can be used to describe
individuals whose sexuality isn’t limited to
people of a particular gender, sex, or sexual
orientation.
 •Pansexual. A term that describes individuals
who can experience sexual, romantic, or
emotional attraction to any person, regardless
of that person’s gender, sex, or sexuality.
•Panromantic. A term that describes
individuals who can experience romantic, or
emotional (but not sexual) attraction to any
person, regardless of that person’s gender, sex,
or sexuality.
 •Polysexual. A term that describes
individuals with a sexual orientation that
involves sexual or romantic attraction to people
with varying genders. Polysexual orientations
include bisexuality, pansexuality, omnisexuality,
and queer, among many others.
•Pomosexual. A term (not necessarily an
identity) used to refer to those who reject
sexuality labels or don’t identify with any of
them.
 •Queer. An umbrella term that describes
individuals who aren’t exclusively heterosexual.
The term queer (the Q in LBGTQIA+),
acknowledges that sexuality is a spectrum as
opposed to a collection of independent and
mutually exclusive categories.
 •Questioning. The process of being curious
about or exploring some aspect of sexuality or
gender. Questioning can also be used as an
adjective to describe someone who’s currently
exploring their sexuality or gender.
•Romantic attraction. The experience of
having an emotional response that results in the
desire for a romantic, but not necessarily sexual,
relationship or interaction with another person
or oneself.
 •Romantic orientation. Romantic orientation
is an aspect of self and identity that involves:
-how you identify the way you experience
romantic desire (if you do)
-the gender(s) or sex(es) of the people who
someone engages in romantic relationships with
(if any)
 •Sapiosexual. A word used to describe those
who experience attraction based on intelligence,
rather than sex or gender.
•Sexual attraction. Sexual attraction refers to
experiencing sexual desire or arousal in relation
to another person or group of people.
 • Sex-averse. Sex-averse describes those who are
asexual and are averse to or extremely disinterested in
sex or sexual behavior.
• Sex-favorable. On the spectrum of asexuality, sex-
favorable is viewed as the “opposite” of sex-repulsed and
describes those who are asexual, and in certain situations
can have favorable or positive feelings toward sex.
• Sex-indifferent. Sex-indifferent describes those who
are asexual and feel indifferent or neutral about sex or
sexual behavior.
 •Sex-repulsed. Similar to sex-averse, sex-
repulsed is on the spectrum of asexuality and
describes those who are asexual and are
repulsed by or extremely disinterested in sex or
sexual behavior.
•Skoliosexual. A sexual orientation that
describes those who are sexually attracted to
people with non-cisgender gender identities,
such as people who are nonbinary,
genderqueer, or trans.
 •Spectrasexual. A term that describes people
who are sexually or romantically attracted to
multiple or varied sexes, genders, and gender
identities — but not necessarily all or any.
•Straight. Also known as heterosexual,
straight describes people who experience
sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction to
individuals of the “opposite” gender (e.g. male
vs. female, man vs. woman) or a different
gender.
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