Sexual Health

Journal
You are a sexual being from the moment you’re born until the 2
moment you die. Purpose of our Sexual Health Journal:
Do you Believe me? This is the place to explore your learning
Read On... through note taking, making connections,
Sexuality through the lifespan asking questions (and finding answers), and
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Day 1: Gender/Biological Sex/Sexual Orientation
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Notes:
• Gender/Biological Sex/Sexual Orientation
• External genitals show only two genders, male or female- sex assigned
at birth
• Gender identity is how a person sees themself and identifies
• Cisgender is when a persons sex assigned at birth matched the gender
they identify with
• Gender queer, fluid, or non-binary don’t identify with either gender
• Biological sex= sex assigned at birth, genitals, how other people see you
• gender= how someone sees themselves, how you identify, how you feel
• Biological sex is more than just genitals, also includes hormones
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Notes Continued...
• Everyone produces both hormones, but some people just produce more of
one than others- more testosterone is male, more estrogen is female
• XY= male
• XX= female
• Biological sex= hormones, chromosomes, physical anatomy
• Uterus is the strongest muscles in the human body
• Fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, vagina, and ovaries are part of the
women’s reproductive system
• Cervix opens up to push out a child
• Sperm is stored in testicles
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Notes Continued…(Last Part)

• Old sperm is reabsorbed to form new sperm
• Intersex= having a comination of male and female anatomy
• Sexual orientation= who someone is attracted to
• You can still get pregnant on your period
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Curiosity Questions and Answers:

• What is the best way to ask someone their pronouns, how they
identify, or their sexuality?
-You can introduce yourself and your own pronouns and then
ask what their name and pronouns are.
• How common is it to be intersex?
-It is an estimated fraction of 1-2 in every 100 people.
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Resources:
Gender Identity and Sex Sex and gender Identity
Assigned at Birth- Video This resource explained that
I thought this resource was there is more to being male
very helpful in explaining the or female than the sex
difference between gender assigned at birth. The people
identity and sex assigned at see and feel about themselves
birth. I think some people get is a big contributing factor
confused with the two so it is and is the other part of
important to be informed someone’s identity story.
about it.
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What I Think and Feel Response

I thought the topics Patty talked about were really important, especially
since gender is such a common and big topic these days. It is important to be
informed about how some people don’t feel like they fit their biological sex and
that some people have preferred pronouns. I like when people tell me right
away what their preferred pronouns are so that I don’t mistakenly use the
wrong one.
Day 2: STIs, Contraception, And Pregnancy
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Notes:
• Condoms protect against STIs
• Some STIs can be cured and some can’t be
• Birth control does not protect against STI
• STIs are transferred from an infected person to another person
• Mothers can pass STIs to their newborns
• It's important to get tested if you are sexually active
• Sperm and egg are needed for pregnancy
• Adoption is a process that can be used for queer couples to have
children
• Artificial insemination is when donated sperm is inserted into
someone’s vagina or uterus
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Notes Continued...
• Foster parents is also a way that queer parents can raise children
• Suragacy is another way for a queer couple or any couple that is
unable to get pregnant
• It is more common to get pregnant when the girl is ovulating
• Birth control is used for more than just preventing pregnancy
• Barrier birth control methods block the entrance of the uterus
• Hormonal birth control suppress ovulation so that there is no egg in
the fallopian tube
• Plan be is used up to 5 days after to prevent the pregnancy
• The amount of times Plan b is used does not have future effects, but
it should not be the first plan for protection
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Notes Continued…(Last Part)

• Pregnancy tests take about 2 weeks before accurately showing a
positive result
• You should take a pregnancy test after your first missed period
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Curiosity Questions
• What does spermicide do? And is it bad for you?
-Spermicide kills sperm and block the cervix, it is not bad for
you but it is possible that it will cause irritation.
• If an IUD moves from its original place does it stop working?
-If you think your IUD moved you should see a doctor to have
them check it out and possibly put it back in place because it
is possible for it to be less effective.
• Can birth control be “cancelled out” from something else?
-Some medications can interfere with the birth control pill.
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Curiosity Questions Continued...

• Do different brands of the pill have different effective rates?
-I didn’t find an exact answer to this one but I found out
that different brands work better for different people because
of side effects.
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Resources
Fact Sheet on LGBTI, Birth Control Teens Health
Intersex, and More This resource showed all This resource could be
This resource is super the birth control methods especially useful for young
informative about vocab side by side and gave the teens who don’t feel
effective rate, cost, usage, comfortable asking
such as LGBTI,
and more for each option. questions about their body.
transgender, intersex, This resource had answers
sexual orientation, This is a really useful
to a lot of common
resource for someone
gender identity, questions in young teens
deciding what type of
homophobia, biphobia about what is normal and
birth control they want what isn’t, or even if there
and transphobia. to use. is no “normal”.
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What I Think and Feel Response

I thought the information given to us today was very important. Especially
for teens it is important to understand and know the different birth control
options because I can assume that almost all teens are not ready to have a
baby. I thought it was interesting that there are different categories of
birth control such as; hormonal, barriers, and suppressors.
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Birth Control Effectiveness

Birth Control Implant IUD Shot Vaginal Ring
Type:
Effectiveness: 99% 99% 94% 91%

Birth Control Patch Pill Condom Internal

Type: Condom
Effectiveness: 91% 91% 85% 79%
Day 3: Healthy Relationships and Consent
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Notes:
• When you find out you are pregnant you have three options;
adoption, abortion, or keeping the baby and being parents
• Both partners should talk about their choice if they were to get
pregnant, if you don’t agree then keep that in mind and maybe don’t
take the risk
• In California at the age of 12 you can get an abortion without your
parents knowing
• healthy= emotional, physical, and mental well being
• relationship= having a close connection with another person
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Notes Continued...
• Healthy relationship= when the both partners are treated equally,
both sides are seen in an argument, both partners are emotionally
stable, and both partners communicate well with each other
• Manipulation, betrayal, isolation, sabotage, belittling, guilting, are
all signs of unhealthy relationships
• A healthy relationship does not mean a perfect relationship
• Trust, honesty, independence, respect, equality, kindness,
responsibility, healthy conflict, fun, are all signs of healthy
relationships
• Communicate with your partner about being tested for STIs
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Notes Continued…(Last Part)

• Protection is a responsibility for both partners, not just one
• Consent needs to be continually given, it is not just a one time thing
• People are allowed to change their mind about their answers
• Guilt tripping someone into saying yes to sex does mean it is
consensual
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Curiosity Questions
• If you told someone you didn’t want to do anything sexual at the
moment and then they begged you to and you gave in to make them
happy is that considered consensual or not? And if it isn’t is that
sexual assault?
-It would be considered not fully consensual, I’m not sure
about the sexual assault part though.
• How can you say no when it is hard for you to verbally say it to your
partner?
-I didn’t find a good answer, just that if it seems to be a
recurring problem it might not be the healthiest relationship.
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Curiosity Questions Continued...

• Is sexual assault a form of rape?
-Rape and sexual assault are difined differently for the reason
of helping to differenciate betweeen the forcful sexual actions.
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Resources
Tea and Consent Sexual Health Rights The Abortion Pill
I have seen this video a by State This resousrce states
couple times through This resource gives a lot of that there are two types
other classes at the information about sexual of abortion; the abortion
school too and it is my health topic in your state. pill, and in clinic abortion.
favorite. I love the way it In California people can’t The abortion pill can be
explains consent in a legally consent to sex under taken during the first 11
simple way and using a the age of 18. This law is weeks of pregnancy. The
simile. It is the best video to help “protect minors abortion pill can up to 24
to show teens in my from being manipulated or hours to be completley
forced into sex with older
opinion. finished.
people”.
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What I Think and Feel Response

I thought all the information given to us today was really important and
useful. The topic I liked most from this day was the consent topic. I think a
lot of people don’t understand how important consent is, which is really
concerning, especially as a teenage girl. I know so many people who didn’t give
consent to what someone else did to them and it is heartbreaking for me to
hear about it and to watch some of my close friends struggle to live with
what happened to them.
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1 in 6
The fraction of American women who have survived an attempted or
completed rape in their lifetimes.

99%
The percentage of perpetrators of sexual violence that will walk free.

321,500
The average number of victims of rape and sexual assault per year in
the U.S.
Vagianos, Alanna. “30 Alarming Statistics That Show The Reality Of Sexual Violence In America.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 6 Apr. 2017,
www.huffpost.com/entry/sexual-assault-statistics_n_58e24c14e4b0c777f788d24f.