This document discusses several topics related to health education, including: - Sexuality, which is described as a basic part of who we are and how we experience ourselves. - Gender roles, gender identity, and the differences in societal expectations for how males and females should behave and act. - The importance of developing a positive self-image, self-esteem, and taking responsibility for one's actions. - Maintaining virginity before marriage and avoiding premarital sex in order to remain disease-free and avoid unwanted pregnancy or loss of reputation. - The double standards that exist regarding sexuality and gender roles in Philippine society.

1. Grade 8 - Health Education

2. A basic part of what we do and
who we are; it is the way in which
we experience and express
ourselves as sexual beings.
It is the entire expression of an
individual’s self-concept.

4. HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT
YOURSELF
HOW YOU THINK
ABOUT YOURSELF
HOW YOU SEE
YOURSELF
HOW YOU LOVE
YOURSELF

5. HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT
OTHERS
HOW YOU THINK
ABOUT OTHERS
HOW YOU SEE
OTHERS
HOW YOU LOVE
OTHERS

6. Taking high sense of
responsibility for all your
actions since this can affect
self-esteem, decision-making,
and behavior.

8. • Appreciates own
body.
• Takes responsibility
for own behaviors.
• Knowledgeable about
sexuality issues.
• Communicates
effectively with
family.
• Able to express love
to your family
members.
• Perform your duties
and responsibilities at
home.
• Express love and intimacy in
appropriate ways
• Have the skills to evaluate
readiness for mature
relationship
• Interact with both genders in
appropriate and respectful ways
• Respect both gender in all
aspects

9. WRITE QUOTATIONS,
SAYINGS, OR SLOGANS
THAT DESCRIBE AND
REVEAL YOUR LIKES,
PASSIONS, AND ASPECTS
OF YOUR PERSONALITY.
POST YOUR OUTPUT ON
BEDROOM WALLS AND BE
INSPIRED.

10. It is the quality of being
male or female.
It is the way in
which we experience
and express
ourselves as sexual
beings.

11. It is the biological
basis of being a male
or female.

12. It is a social concept on how
men and women should
think, feel, and act.
It refers to femininity or
masculinity of a person’s
role and behavior as
defined by society.

13. Grants man and
woman equal
enjoyment of human
rights.

14. Refers to certain roles,
characteristics, and
expectations of how a
person should feel, think,
and act as influenced by
parents, peers, and
society.

15. IN YOUR MAPEH
NOTEBOOK, COPY THE
TABLE AS SHOWN AND
WRITE WORDS OR PHRASES
THAT YOU ASSOCIATE
WITH THE WORDS
FEMININE AND MASCULINE
IN REAL SCENRARIO.

16. Behaviors that
have come to
be accepted by
society.

17. Boys and girls are given the
impression of men being
superior to women.
In as much as we would like to
practice gender equality, the roles
for human conduct and human
appropriateness are not alike for
both sexes as practiced in most
areas in the Philippines.

18. Boys and men are permitted to
stay out more and up to a later
time than them girls and women.
A philandering or immoral man is
considered as demonstrating his
manliness or “pagkalalaki”. A
philandering or immoral woman is
considered as cheap, bad, or
“masamang babae”.

19. Women are expected to remain
virginal until they marry, while it is
generally acceptable for men to
have sexual experience before
marriage.
Women are socially judged and
legally penalized for adultery
and for having children out of
wedlock.

20. Men who stay at home to do
household chores instead of
having jobs to earn money for the
family are considered by some as
“under ‘d saya.”
Men showing weakness are
considered girly.

21. Men are always be the last to
say and decide on situation in
the family.
Women are not allowed to
display their breasts in public
when nursing a baby.

22. Cooking foods is always
delegated to women than
men.
Engineering courses are
seldom taken by the
women.

23. 1. What is your stand on double
standard of morality?
2. How can we possibly
eliminate the double
standard of morality?

26. •Make a three to five minutes video
blog on NO TO PREMARITAL SEX.
Below are guide questions to
accomplish the activity.
1. As a youngster, what are you going
to do to prevent these things to
happen?
2. Are you going to speak up to your
family if certain concerns arise? Or
will you go with the flow or do the
same things as well?
3. What do you think is the role of you
family and parents in preventing
these things to happen?

28. FILL IN THE STEPS OF THE
STAIRS ACCORDING TO THE
SIX STAGES OF DECISION
MAKING (FROM THE
BOTTOM IS STAGE 1 AND
SO ON). DRAW IT IN YOUR
MAPEH NOTEBOOK.

29. A person who has not had
sexual interaction.
Clean, spotless, never
been having experience of
sexual intercourse.

30. free to develop
many
relationships.
free from exploitation
from others, guilt, doubt
disappointment, and
loss of reputation.
free from pregnancy and
venereal diseases, free form
having to choose a hurry-up
wedding and an illegitimate
child.

31. your virginity for
your own good
and your future
spouse.
your attitudes
and standards.
choose friends with high
standards, stay away from
dangers and temptations,
be kind, firm and proud of
your values.

32. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
THE IMPORTANCE OF
LEARNING GENDER AND
HUMAN SEXUALITY?

33. • Giving and receiving love is a human need.
• It will help you appreciate your sexual
identity.
• You should respect your own and another
person’s body.
• You will experience bodily changes and
you need to learn how to properly
manage these changes.
• It will help you appreciate how life began.
• You have the right to be informed on how
to be disease-free and to live a healthy
lifestyle.