This assignment aims to describe the different influential factors of sexual health for both men and women, exploring in depth whether gender plays a role in maintaining sexual health or developing sexual ill health. Firstly, it will explore the wider meaning of sexual health, how does it impact a person negatively through to positively. Secondly, it will look at the anatomical and physiological changes that take place within the human body, looking at the male and female reproductive systems throughout their lifespan. Thirdly, discussing the impact that gender has on health, the individual factors that could perhaps influence a person’s sexual health. Fourthly, describing the common sexual health problems that occur within men and women. To …show more content…
WHO defines health as ‘a state of physical, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality. It requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. For sexual health to be attained and maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, protected and fulfilled’ (WHO,2006). Whereas ASHA defines sexual health as ‘the ability to embrace and enjoy our sexuality throughout our lives. It is an important part of our physical and emotional health’ (ASHA,2018). Both definitions touch upon sexual health as having safe, respectable, sexual experiences and relationships and they both draw on a person’s well-being through physical, mental, social and emotional health. Sexuality is about the different things that can influence an individual as a sexual being, opposed to sexual orientation. It is unique and different for each person and can be shaped over time by various influences; ‘biological, physiological, social, economic, political, cultural, legal, historical, religious and spiritual factors’ (WHO,2006). In order to understand and define sexual health, sexuality must be considered as it relates to important behaviours and outcomes of sexual …show more content…
At birth, females are born with a specific number of gametes (sex cells) stored safely in the ovaries, which later in life will be the eggs used for reproduction. The two ovaries are connected to the uterus by their own oviduct (fallopian tube,) which is lined with ciliated cells, tiny hair like cells that allow the transport of a developed mature egg into the uterus by brushing it along the oviducts. The uterus is located between the bladder and the rectum in the pelvic area and is the size and shape of an inverted pear and is made up of three layers. The inner layer, the endometrium is where implantation takes place. During the menstrual cycle this can change, becoming thicker and full of blood vessels in preparation for pregnancy. If fertilisation does not occur, part of the endometrium will shed causing menstrual bleeding. The middle layer, the myometrium helps during labour with pushing the baby out of the uterus through the cervix and out through the vagina. The serosa layer allows the uterus to contract in the abdominal and pelvic areas without damaging itself or any other organs. The outer layer, the perimetrium is considered a connective structure of the uterus, as its structure and function provide added strength and support. The overall key role of the uterus is the nourish the foetus before birth and provide
When a fertilized egg is released from the ovaries, the female menstrual cycle begins, then that’s when the inner portion of the female womb is more likely to become dense and broad in preparation for gestation (Freudenrich 2015). In addition to the menstrual cycle, there are a few diseases that affect the cycle in human females. One of the various diseases is menorrhagia, which is the excessive blood flow in the system. Hormone inequality and pregnancy complexity can cause menorrhagic disease. Hormone inequality is the expansion of the endometrium caused by the heaviness of bleeding (Mayo Clinic 2014).
The female reproductive system is found on the inside of all females and does a lot of assignments. One of them includes producing eggs for your menstrual cycle, or to get fertilized, and also it produces hormones. There are many parts to the reproduction system one of them including the ovum. It is a cell that turns into an egg after being fertilized by sperm cells and the cells look like an eye. The eyelashes would be considered the hairs surrounding the cell called granulate cells. Also has a thick coat that protects the cell called the zona pellucid. Its job is to carry chromosomes to start the fertilization process. The worst thing that could happen is when the egg has problems fertilizing resulting in no fetus being formed. Next is the vagina, which is a tube that connects the uterus to the vulva (Dictionary, 2014). It is a long tube with ridges on the inside and a lining called the hymen. The vagina is the passage way for the baby during pregnancy and also blood during the menstrual cycle. Catching Chlamydia by having unprotected sex and genital warts by not being clean can a...
Endometriosis is a condition where the endometrial tissue that lines the inside of the uterus is found outside of the uterus. Endometriosis is found on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, the lining of the pelvic cavity, and the outer surface of the uterus. Other sites are the vagina, cervix, vulva, bowel, bladder, or rectum. In some rare cases it can also be found in the lungs, brain, and skin. Endometriosis effects an estimated 10% of all women during their reproductive years. This is about 176 million women, who have the symptoms of endometriosis. (Reference) Even though growths of endometriosis are benign they still cause many problems. Once a month, hormones cause a woman’s uterus lining to build up with tissue and blood. If the woman does not become pregnant, the uterus sheds this tissue and blood. The tissue and blood leave the body through the vagina this is known as a menstrual period. In woman with endometriosis the tissue and blood that is shed into the body during menstruation can cause pain, inflammation, and scar tissue. When the endometrial tissue grows, it covers the ovaries and can block the fallopian tubes. Trapped blood can form cysts. It will also form scar tissue and ...
The term “compulsory sexuality” refers to a set of attitudes, institutions, and practices that enforce the belief that sexual...
Sex education or Sexuality Education is described by Kunwar and Yudav (2011) as an education that tackles about the different aspects of sexuality such as human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, human sexual behavior and, etc. It seeks to decrease the possible negative effects on human sexual behavior such as teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases; it also seeks to amend the quality of relationships. This shows that the broader concept of human sexuality will be taught in sex education, aiming to give awareness and deeper understanding of these concepts. This term is also given a definition by Fontanilla (2003) as an instructional tool in helping and forming wholesome demeanors, values, and practices in
It is dedicated to improve knowing of variations among groups of women and men - as well as between women and men - in an era of globalization. This program provides a methodical create an effort to deal with structurally included medications concerning gender interaction and sex-related behavior on a par with other methodical factors such as classification, race, spiritual beliefs or governmental philosophy. Students will understand in the program how to integrate a multidisciplinary and transnational strategy. The traditional and relative measurements stressed in most of the programs practice the student to analyze issues in society and lifestyle from various viewpoints and to put them in their wide-ranging sociological, governmental and social situations. This program is exclusive as it is in the public sciences, whereas almost all gender and/or sexuality research are situated within the humanities. The mixture of scientific research with theoretical representation provides the student with a strong theoretical, conceptual, and methodological base to better comprehend, analyze and deal with the modern issues and complications relevant to gender and/or sexuality.
In today’s heterosexual and patriarchal society sex and sexual desires revolve around men, and Hoagland sets out seven patterns showing how this is the case. Sex is thought of as a “powerful and uncontrollable urge” and male sexuality therefore is a basic component to male health, sexual acts show male conquest and domination, sexual freedom gives men total access to and over women, rape is, by this logic, natural and women who resist a man’s advances are “‘frigid’”, sex involves losing control and sexual desire, when described as erotic, “involves a death wish (eros)”. The bottom line is that in today’s heterosexual and patriarchal society sex is all about men having a natural power over women; sex involves a total loss of control which creates a split between reason and emotion since being in control is a matter of reason controlling emotions, “we tend to believe that to be safe we must be rational and in control but to...
The Female Reproductive System parts are gametes, which is a mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in several reproductions to form a zygote. Egg is a person possessing a specified quantity. Ovum is a mature female reproductive cell especially of a human or other animal that van divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell. Vaginal is a muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women and most female mammals. Labia is the inner and outer folds of the vulva, at either side of the vagina. Clitoris is a small sensitive and erectile part of the female genitals at the anterior end of the vulva. Urethra is a duct by which urine is convey out of the body from the bladder and which in male vertebrates also conveys semen. Hymen is a membrane that partially closes the opening of the vagina and whose presence is traditionally taken to be a mark of virginity. Uterus is the organ in the lower body of a women or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb. Cervix is a narrow like passage forming the lower end of the uterus. Fallopian tube is either of a pert of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus. Ovary is a female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produces, present in humans and other vertebrates as a pair. Estrogen is a group of steroid hormones that promote the development and maintained of female characteristics of the body. Progesterone is a steroid hormone released by the corpus lutetium that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy. The Male Reproductive System parts are testes, which is an organ that produces spermatozo...
-The fetus receives oxygen and nourishment from the mother's blood via the placenta, a disk-like structure that sticks to the inner lining of the uterus and connects to the fetus via the umbilical cord.) -Progesterone, another hormone released by the ovaries, keeps the endometrium thick with blood so that the blastocyst can attach to the uterus and absorb nutrients from it. -As cells from the blastocyst take in nourishment, another stage of development, the embryonic stage, begins. -The fetus floats in amniotic fluid inside the amniotic sac.
Sex is a factor of sexuality which has a huge impact on an individual’s life; as it can connect us more with a person you love or someone you hardly know. But sexuality has many factors such as, gender identity which is when we know that we are either female or male, even if it meant we are man knowing that we are a woman; that would make them transgender. Another factor, is gender roles it’s how we should behave because we are either male or female. Our sexual thoughts, ideas and fantasies also have an impact on our