6.2 Human Sexuality: Responsible Sexual Behaviour

• Meaning of human sexuality; dignity of body, mind and spirit
• Forms of sexual abuse; places to avoid; how and where to report; child protection officer
• Causes of teenage pregnancy today
• Irresponsible sexual behaviour and its consequences
• Bible teaching: 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:18-20
• Values and life skills; sensitisation messages on responsible living
• Overcome peer pressure; pray; 1 Peter 2:11; choose to wait and respect the body

• identify forms of sexual abuse and how to avoid or overcome abuse
• evaluate causes of teenage pregnancies today
• examine the consequences of engaging in irresponsible sexual behaviour
• discuss values and life skills needed to avoid irresponsible sexual behaviour
• choose to live responsibly as guided by the word of God
• respect their bodies by living a morally upright life

“Why should you live responsibly as a youth?”

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1. Meaning of human sexuality
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Discuss human sexuality as living as male or female before God, with dignity of body, mind and spirit, and calm class rules.
2. Sexual abuse: avoid and tell
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Identify forms of sexual abuse in calm words, list places to avoid, and practise how and where to report, including 116 and a CPO.
3. Causes of teenage pregnancy
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Evaluate causes of teenage pregnancy today in calm words, without pointing at a learner or blaming a victim of abuse.
4. Consequences of irresponsible behaviour
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Examine consequences of irresponsible sexual behaviour in calm words: school, health, heart, trust, spirit and future, with Christian hope.
5. Bible teaching on the body
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read, recite and write 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6, Romans 12:1-2 and 1 Corinthians 6:18-20: holiness, a living sacrifice, flee, the body is a temple.
6. Values, skills and messages
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Compile values and life skills that guard a youth, and write sensitisation messages for the noticeboard without names or drawings of acts.
7. Choose responsible living
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Debate overcoming peer pressure, meditate on 1 Peter 2:11, pray, and choose to wait and respect the body as God's temple.