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性行為的基本類型
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自我性刺激：
睡眠期性高潮
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可能的天生生理功能
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性夢
由英俊王子吻醒的“睡美人”和“白雪公主”的童話故事，以象徵的方式，指的就是女孩的性夢。Sexual dreams The fairy tales of “Sleeping Beauty” and “Snow White”, who are kissed awake by a handsome prince, refer, in symbolic form, to the sexual dreams of young girls.
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睡眠期性高潮幾乎都毫不例外地伴有性夢，尤其在男性更甚。如果他們性成熟了，也會射精，也就是說會有“夢遺”（wet
dream）。這些性夢也許會描繪成一些異乎尋常和違背禁忌的行為，諸如與近親屬、兒童或動物發生性交，有群交、裸露癖（exhibitionism）以及個體在清醒時絕不會思忖的其它行為。不管怎樣，我們正常的生理抑制能力和習得的控制能力在睡眠期間不太可能起到作用，而且我們許多無意識的願望因而會以一種無害和象徵的方式在睡夢中“付諸行動”。這種沒有意識抑制的狀況同樣可以用來說明另一種現象：許多人（尤其女性）在睡眠中達到性高潮比在清醒中達到性高潮要快。
現今，宗教和醫學對待這種睡夢體驗的態度一般說來非常寬宏大量了。一些宗教和醫學根本就不再對此有所考慮，或者只有當有人有意識地計畫實施、歡迎和欣賞性夢的時候，才認為是有罪的。甚至，人們現在普遍認為睡眠期性高潮是必須的和健康的，而且還認為它對性節制甚至能夠起到補償作用。不過，這種普遍認為的假設似乎是錯誤的。例如，按照金西的研究結果，每週突然失去數次性交高潮機會的婦女每年在睡眠中的性高潮只有為數不多的幾次。事實上，對於一些婦女，只有當她們同樣有更多主動的性高潮時[1]，她們的睡眠期性高潮數量才會增加。簡而言之，睡眠期性高潮是人體可能存在的先天的生理功能，但並不是在意識狀態下性活動的替代現象。
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Basic Types of Sexual Behavior |
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Sexual Self-stimulation: Orgasm During
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Orgasms during sleep are almost always accompanied by sexual dreams, especially in males. If they are sexually mature, they will also ejaculate semen, i.e. have “wet dream”. These dreams may depict unusual and forbidden behavior, such as sexual intercourse with close relatives, children or animals, group sex, exhibitionism, and many other activities that the individual would never contemplate in his waking hours. However, during sleep our normal inhibitions and learned controls are much less effective, and many of our unconscious wishes may thus be acted out in a harmless, symbolic fashion. The lack of conscious restraints also accounts for another phenomenon: Many people (particularly women) reach orgasm much faster in their sleep than while they are awake.
Today, the religious and medical attitudes toward such experiences are generally very lenient. Some have stopped being concerned about them at all or consider them sinful only if they are somehow consciously planned, welcomed, or enjoyed. Indeed, there is now a widespread belief that orgasms during sleep are necessary and healthy, and that they can even provide a "natural" compensation for sexual abstinence. However, this popular assumption seems to be false. For instance, according to Kinsey's findings, women who suddenly lost the opportunity for several coital orgasms per week had only a few more orgasms in their sleep per year. As a matter of fact, for some women the number of involuntary orgasms increased only when they also had more voluntary orgasms. In short,
an orgasm during sleep is a possible natural function of the human body, but it is no substitute for conscious sexual activity. |
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