4.5 Sexuality 2HVTTO

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Make a list

Who are you? What makes you you? make a list:

• What are your zijn jouw character traits?
• What do you like to do in your free time?
• Do you play sports? Which one?
• Is there something you're really good at?
• Is there something that makes you unique? (something others do not have)

Examples:

• Friendly
• Sensitive
• Dependable
• Approachable
• Quirky
• Determined
• Loyal
• Social
• Helpful
• Protective
• etc.

You and gender norms

Most people think in gender norms       (we are used to them).

Look at your own list and decide:

Which things of your list would you say are typically:

• Feminine
• Masculine
• Neither feminine or masculine

Examples

Examples of gender norms

Masculine

• Be tough
• Play soccer/ ball sports
• Short hair
• Drink beer
• Conquer women
• Don't talk about feelings

Feminine

• Gentle / subordinate
• Dance
• Talk a lot
• Do cooking
• Do housekeeping
• Long hair
• Take care of children

Gendernormen zijn gedrag en uiterlijk die we typisch vinden voor een bepaald gender.

Mensen gebruiken dit om bijv te bepalen of iemand man of vrouw is.

Als iemand niet matcht met deze normen vinden sommige mensen dat moeilijk.

What you feel like, on the inside.

For some people this feeling can change during their lives.

Others will find out that they always had a different feeling.

Example:

You feel that you are a man

How you show yourself to others.

For some people it can be quite difficult to discover their gender.

Example:

Your clothes/behaviour/appearance makes people say that you are a woman

What gender/people you find sexually interesting.

Orientation is mostly fixed, it is not something that just changes (or can change). Though it might take some time to discover your orientation.

Example:

You don't care about the gender of the other person, you are pan sexual

Decided by your DNA, it is not something you can decide or change. You are born that way.

Example:

You DNA contains an X and Y chromosome, this makes you a man.

Which 'types' of sexuality do you know?

Out of the closet

Different sexualities and genders are more accepted nowadays.

Still 'things' can get in the way:

• Stereotypes/gender norms
• Cultures
• Religion
• Own feelings/thoughts
• Laws/rules

Stereotype = an idea people have about a certain group of people, often incorrect.

Example: gay men like to go shopping.

Gender norm = different types of behaviour/ appearance/ clothes that people view as typically male of female

Example: women have long hair

Being gay is 'unnatural'

Random facts and myths quiz

Oral sex is safe sex

1. Fact
2. Myth

It is easy to tell if someone has a sexually transmitted infection

1. Fact
2. Myth

The inside of a mouth feels the same as the inside of a vagina

1. Fact
2. Myth

Men can orgasm without ejaculating

1. Fact
2. Myth

Porn is a great source to learn about sex

1. Fact
2. Myth

Pineapple makes semen taste better

1. Fact
2. Myth

Sex always hurts for the first time

1. Fact
2. Myth

You can't get pregnant while on your period

1. Fact
2. Myth

Which percent of women can orgasm from vaginal sex

1. 100%
2. 75%
3. 50%
4. 25%

Only women can suffer from a low libido (libido = the desire to have sex)

1. Fact
2. Myth

Vibrators where first developed as a medical device to treat ''hysteria''

1. Fact
2. Myth

The chainsaw was originally invented to help with childbirth

1. Fact
2. Myth