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性行為的基本類型
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正在向男青年求愛的老年男人（古希臘花瓶畫）
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Old man courting a young man(Ancient Greek vase painting) |
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像其它哺乳動物一樣，人類不僅可能與另一個性別的同伴有性行為，而且與同性別的個體也有性行為。換一句話說，男女不僅參與異性性行為，而且也參與同性性行為。
同性性行為在兒童期十分平常，而且在青春期也不罕見。甚至，青春期之前的年月或在青春期，在我們的文化裏，男孩和女孩與他們自身性別成員發生性接觸比與另一個性別成員發生性接觸多。在這個時期，他們常常被盡力地告知不要與異性玩遊戲，而他們的同性之間的各種活動則較少引起大家的注意或者就不被關注。只有到了後來，這種情形本身發生了逆轉。一旦他們到了十幾歲時，會被要求只對異性產生興趣，而他們的任何同性的性探索行為會受到譴責。然而，許多個體則繼續有同性性接觸，直到他們進入老年期。對於其中的一些人來說，同性性接觸只不過是一種在以異性性生活為主的情況下的孤立事件。對於有一些人來說，同性性接觸即使不定時地發生，也是一種常見的性體驗，而對於還有一些人來說，同性性接觸是他們的首選甚或性表達的僅有形式。 |
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Basic Types of Sexual Behavior |
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3. Homosexual Intercourse |
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Human beings, like all other mammals,
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with those of the same sex. In other words, males and females may engage not only in heterosexual, but also in homosexual intercourse.
Same-sexual behavior is quite common in childhood and is not at all unusual in adolescence. Indeed, in the years before or during puberty girls and boys in our culture may have more sexual contact with members of their own than with those of the other sex. During this period, they are often actively discouraged from playing heterosexual games while their homosexual activity attracts little or no attention. It is only later that the situation reverses itself. Once they have reached their teens, females and males are expected to develop exclusively heterosexual interests, and any homosexual exploration is strongly condemned. Nevertheless, many individuals continue to have homosexual contacts well into their old age. For some of them, these contacts represent nothing more than isolated incidents in an otherwise predominantly heterosexual life. For others, they become a frequent, if sporadic, experience, and for still others they are the preferred or even the only form of sexual expression. |
