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The document discusses the differences between sex, sexuality, and gender according to Philippine social norms and from a historical perspective. Sex refers to biological differences, sexuality to sexual orientation and attraction, and gender to social roles. The Philippines considers heterosexual marriage as the only moral sexual behavior. While homosexuality is legal, same-sex marriage remains debated. Men traditionally hold higher social rank than women, though gender roles are becoming more flexible. Indigenous cultures practiced polygamy, but Spanish colonizers promoted monogamy and Catholic sexual ethics.

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Sex Gender Sexuality

The document discusses the differences between sex, sexuality, and gender according to Philippine social norms and from a historical perspective. Sex refers to biological differences, sexuality to sexual orientation and attraction, and gender to social roles. The Philippines considers heterosexual marriage as the only moral sexual behavior. While homosexuality is legal, same-sex marriage remains debated. Men traditionally hold higher social rank than women, though gender roles are becoming more flexible. Indigenous cultures practiced polygamy, but Spanish colonizers promoted monogamy and Catholic sexual ethics.

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Sex, Sexuality, Gender

following the Philippine Social Norms


Objectives
Identify the difference between sex, sexuality,
and gender.

Social Norms in the Philippines regarding


sex, sexuality, and gender.

Historical Perspective in sex, sexuality, and gender


in the Philippines.
Difference between SEX,
SEXUALITY, AND
GENDER
Sex
Sex refers to physical or physiological
differences between males and females,
including both primary sex characteristics (the
reproductive system) and secondary
characteristics such as height and muscularity.
Sexuality
Sexuality refers to a person’s capacity for sexual
feelings and their emotional and sexual
attraction to a particular sex (male or female).
4 Categories of Sexual
Orientation
Heterosexuality Homosexuality

- the attraction to individuals of the - the attraction to individuals of one’s own


opposite sex. sex.

Bisexuality Asexuality
- the attraction to individuals of either sex. - asexuality, no attraction to either sex.
Gender
Gender refers to the characteristics of women,
men, girls and boys that are socially constructed.
This includes norms, behaviours and roles
associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy,
as well as relationships with each other.
What is
social
norms?
Social Norms
Social norms refer to values, beliefs, attitudes,
and/or behaviors shared by a group of people.
They are often based on what people believe to
be normal, typical, or appropriate. Social norms
can function as unspoken rules or guidelines for
how people behave, and for how people are
expected to behave.
Sex following the
Philippine Social Norms
As a predominantly Christian country, the Philippines considers that
the only sexual behavior morally and legally acceptable and
appropriate is heterosexual intercourse within a monogamous
marriage, with the exception of polygamous marriage as practiced
by some Filipino minority groups and by Muslim communities in the
Mindanao, southern, and southwestern regions of the Philippines, as
long as the men of these population are financially capable of
supporting their multiple wives
Sexuality following the
Philippine Social Norms
The following forms of sexual behavior are still considered illegal in
the country: prostitution, pornography, and similar variants.
Although considered morally inappropriate, quiet homosexuality and
heterosexual cohabitation have become socially accepted to a certain
degree. Homosexuality is legal in the Philippines, and the idea of
allowing same-sex marriage remains being debated by "both Church
and State
Gender following the
Philippine Social Norms
Overall it is seen that the men in the Philippines hold a higher rank
than women in regards to gender roles. The men are expected to
have more freedom and provide for their families, while the women
usually stay at home and complete chores as well as take care of the
elderly and children of the household. However, in certain
circumstances within labor, men have the ability to work as nurses
and teachers and women have the ability to become attorneys and
doctors.
Historical
Perspective
on
Sex, Sexuality, and Gender
Indigenous Culture
Before the arrival of the first group of Spaniards in
the Philippine islands on the shores of Cebu, under
the leadership of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, the
ancient native Filipinos already had their own sexual
and relationship practices. One of them is the
carrying out of polygamy. Early Filipino tribal men
had five or more wives, a marital ethnic norm of the
archipelago at the time.
10th Century
In 10th-century Philippines, the Chinese
Limahong already introduced the concept of
monogamy to ancient Filipinos, as exemplified
in the cultural practices of the Ifugaos, the
Negritos, and the Igorots. These Filipino ethnic
communities also permitted marriages between
girls and boys who have reached the age of
puberty.
Spanish-Catholic Influence
As a part of the process of converting ancient
native Filipinos into Catholicism, the Spaniard
missionaries forbade the use of penile
instruments, and promoted Christian ideas of
the wife's fidelity to her husband, premarital
virginity, the notion of a woman's role as a
"nurturing mother", and the reverence of the
Virgin Mary.

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