Sexual Health (Sexuality)

Diary Entries

Rationale

Adolescence is often a time of conflicting and confusing feeling involving sexuality. Homosexuality is still not fully socially accepted and adolescent's especially fear ridicule and isolation from their peers if they were to divulge their feelings. The stress this confusion can cause can be very damaging and can lead to mental health issues and other serious problems.

Stimulus Material

“I kissed a girl” Katy Perry (song only not clip)


(Perry, 2008)

Syllabus Outcomes

5.6 A student analyses attitudes, behaviours and consequences related to health issues affecting young people.

SLA

Appropriately expressing and exploring sexual feelings.

SLT

Analyse how sexual attitudes, behaviours and sexuality are influenced by gender expectations and assumptions.

Skills

Decision Making
Planning

Description

- Students listen to the song “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry
- Students are then to write 3 diary entries for an imaginary high school student.
- They are to imagine that this girl or boy is in year 10 and confused about their sexuality.
- The first diary entry should be describing the individual’s emotions surrounding how they feel, what they have been thinking, what they are worried about and why they are so confused.
- The second diary entry should be describing the individual’s emotions after a weekend at which he/she engaged in some form of sexual activity with someone of the same sex. What happened? Why did they do it? How are they feeling now? Are the more confused?
- The final diary entry should be describing the individual’s emotions a week after the weekend. Has anything become clearer? Have things become harder at school or socially? How have people reacted and why do you think this is?

Follow Up Activity

- Students need to imagine that they have a friend who they believe is homosexual or has come out and confided in you. What kind of things could you say or do to make it easier for them and make them feel normal and comfortable with their sexualty?