Assignment
Write a 3- page paper in which you do the following:
· Describe your personal definition of healthy sexual functioning.
o Does your definition differ between males and females, age ranges, and different stages of life?
o What demographical information might play a role in how we determine this as individuals?
· Explain how one recognizes his or her personal sex story (how you came to understand yourself as a sexual being).
o Does this play a role in our sexual identity and in our body image?
· Discuss how social media plays a role in our creation of a sexual identity.
o Does this differ based on demographical information?
· Identify how the following areas of development and life stages play a role in the creation of a sexual self.
o Provide one to two examples of ways these contribute to a changing sexual identity:
- Older adults
- Post-partum women
- Disability
- Adolescent and teenage years
Use materials from the readings and additional resources, along with your own thoughts.