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性行為的基本類型
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異性性交
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早期的性交雕刻
岩雕，約西元前1500年中國廣西壯族自治區。蒙中國古代性文化博物館（江蘇省吳江市同裏鎮）惠允。 |
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Early depiction of
sexual intercourse
Rock carving, ca. 1500 BC
Guangxi province, China
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按照字典的釋義，詞條交往（intercourse，自拉丁語intercurrere：在……之間往復）可以是指人與人之間的任何交互作用或溝通。因而，我們通常可以說社會交往（social
intercourse），或更明確地說在相互使眼色的人之間的視覺交流（visual
intercourse），或說在相互交談的人之間的口頭交流（oral
intercourse）和在握手的人之間的手接觸交往（manual
intercourse）。不過，許多教科書會以非常狹義的概念來使用這個術語，它們只意謂一種特殊類型的溝通：性交（sexual
intercourse），即性交合（coitus）。
遺憾的是，這種狹義用法現在已經被公眾廣泛地接納。例如，普及性的讀物常常在“性交（即性交合）（intercourse，即coitus）”和“愛撫（petting）”（其它性親密行為的所有形式）[1]之間作出區分。許多普及性的讀物也斷言，“性交”這種充滿激情的事件本身應該在之前是“前戲（foreplay）”，之後是“後戲（afterplay）”。簡而言之，這些讀物暗示唯一算得上真正性接觸的就是陰莖與陰道的性交合。
這是一種眼光非常短淺的觀點。畢竟，就像我們在第一講中所知曉的那樣，人體的性反應會涉及到全身，而且性高潮能夠通過多種不同的形式來獲得。性交（性交合）有充分的理由可以是最普通的性接觸方式，但是它絕不是唯一的方式。甚至於對許多男女來說，它甚至不是他們所喜歡的方式。更何況，由於一些身體殘障、受傷或疾病的原因，世間存在無數在身體方面不能參與性交的人。不過，他們中有許多人能夠也確實實踐著其它的性交形式[2]，並因而有令人滿意的性關係。
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Basic Types of Sexual Behavior |
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According to the dictionary, the word intercourse (lat. intercurrere: to run between) can refer to any interchange or communication between persons. Thus, one may speak of social intercourse in general or, more specifically, of visual intercourse between people who wink at each other, of oral intercourse between people who talk to each other, and of manual intercourse between people who shake hands.
However, many textbooks use the term in a much narrower sense. When they mention intercourse, they mean only one particular kind of communication: Sexual intercourse. Indeed, they often mean only one particular kind of sexual intercourse: Vaginal intercourse, i.e. coitus.
Unfortunately, this narrow usage has now been widely accepted by the general public. For example, popular writings often distinguish between "intercourse" (coitus) and "petting" (all other forms of sexual intimacy). They also declare that the dramatic event of "intercourse" itself should be preceded by "foreplay" and followed by "afterplay". In short, they imply that the only sexual contact that really counts is that between penis and vagina.
This is a very shortsighted view. After all, as we have seen in
Course 1, the human sexual response involves the whole body, and orgasm can be reached in many different ways.
Coitus may very well be the most common form of sexual contact, but it is by no means the only one. Indeed, for many men and women it is not even the one they like best. Furthermore, there are countless individuals who are physically unable to engage in coitus because of certain handicaps, injuries, or diseases. Nevertheless, many of them can and do practice other forms of sexual intercourse and thus have satisfying sexual relationships. |
