性行為的基本類型

4. 與動物的性接觸

罕有的行為

現今，通過對人與動物的性接觸的統計頻率徹底研究之後，似乎頗令人感到奇怪，那些傑出的宗教、法律和精神病權威們倒底為了什麼不辭辛勞地對這件事投入這麼大的關注力？我們現在確信，這種性活動類型實際上是非常罕見的。它在男性中非常罕見，在女性中甚至更加罕見。簡而言之，它一點也沒有真正的社會意義。我們因而不得不推測，對這種行為的強烈的社會譴責，起初只是服務於某種象徵性的宗教目的。

似乎，在將來，在我們的社會裏，希望這些法律和醫學權威們不要那麼過多地關注人與動物之間的性接觸，不要那麼先入為主地自以為是。畢竟，只要動物沒有受到傷害或受到虐待，就不存在需要社會加以干涉的問題。想要對這樣的孤立的性接觸嘗試貼上精神病的標籤，同樣是不講道理的或不切實際的。只有總是寧願與動物而不是與人的性伴發生性接觸的男女，才能真正地被考慮出現了性失調。在這種情形之下，就像在其它所有的性行為失調的情形一樣，這樣的個體限定和強迫自己的性體驗，這才可能推薦專業人員提供幫助。（欲知一些參考資訊，請點擊此處）

Today, after exhaustive studies of the statistical frequency of human sexual contact with animals, it seems rather odd that eminent religious, legal, and psychiatric authorities should ever have bothered to pay any attention to it. We now know that this type of sexual activity is actually very uncommon. It is quite rare among men, and even rarer among  women. In short, it is of no real social significance. We therefore have to assume that its strong social condemnation originally served only certain symbolic religious purposes.
It is likely that, in the future, the legal and medical authorities in our society will be much less preoccupied with sexual contact between humans and animals. After all, as long as the animal is not hurt or mistreated, there is no need for social interference. It is also unreasonable to attach psychiatric labels to isolated attempts at such contact. Only men and women who always prefer animals to human partners can really be considered sexually maladjusted. In this case, as in all other cases of sexual behavior that are experienced as confining and compulsive by the individual, professional help may very well be recommended.
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