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性行為的基本類型
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異性性交 |
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異性生殖器性交 |
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性交合的宗教意义
佛教的“双修”菩萨
中国清朝
(1644-1911)
蒙中国古代性文化博物馆惠允(江苏吴江市同里镇)
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Spiritual significance
of coitus.
Erotic Buddha figure,
China, Qing Dynasty
(1644-1911 A.D.).
Courtesy China Sex Museum, Tongli |
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生殖器性交（genital
Intercourse）在此被定義為涉及兩個人的性器官之間的性接觸。
性器官是人體最為敏感的性敏感區，並且對於絕大多數的男女來說，生殖器性交因而是他們特別喜愛的性交方式。從解剖結構上看，陰莖與陰道容易結合在一起。的確，縱貫人類的絕大部分歷史時期，生殖器性交是使人類新的生命孕育成為可能的男女身體僅有的交接（join自拉丁語：copulatio）方式。（現今，女性也可以通過人工授精的方式懷孕。）
在西方猶太教與基督教共有的文化裏，性在傳統上與生殖的目的被系在了一起。因而，長久以來，陰莖與陰道的交接曾經被宣告是性交的唯一自然（正常）方式。只要性伴有意要為性交合做準備，手刺激和口刺激有時會被允許。但是，如果沒有這種意圖，這樣的性交方式會被認為是罪惡的。更有甚者，在大多數西方國家裏，這種罪過也作為犯罪而受到懲罰，而且在19世紀，精神病學家把這種非生殖器的性交變成了精神疾病。
儘管如此，隨著時間的推移，越來越多的精神病學家就性行為的目的開始反省這種無異議的、得到普遍認同的社會約定俗成的定規，鑒於此，人們現在把自娛或手交以及口交接納為健康行為和醫療措施。依照對人的性的這種認識水準，只要非生殖器的性交使參與的性伴感到滿足，諸如此類的性交從來都不會必定引起任何人的擔憂。當然，有一切可能的理由相信，生殖器性交決不會成為不受歡迎的性行為方式。過去，對於大多數人來說，生殖器性交始終是做愛的首選模式，並且在將來仍將如此。
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Basic Types of Sexual Behavior |
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Genital Intercourse |
Genital intercourse is here defined as involving sexual contact between the sex organs of two persons.
The sex organs are the most sensitive erogenous zones of the human body, and for the great majority of men and women genital contact is therefore the favorite form of sexual intercourse. Furthermore, anatomically penis and vagina are easily joined together. Indeed, throughout most of human history it was only this joining (lat. copulatio) of the male and female bodies that made the conception of new human life possible. (Today, a woman may also conceive by means of artificial insemination.)
In the Western Judeo-Christian culture, sex has traditionally been tied to the purpose of procreation. Thus, for a very long time the union of penis and vagina was declared to be the only natural form of sexual intercourse. Manual and oral stimulation was sometimes permitted, as long as the partners intended it to lead up to coitus. Without this intention, however, such sexual contact was considered sinful. Moreover, in most Western countries the sin was also punished as a crime, and, the 19th century, psychiatrists turned it into a mental illness.
Still, in the course of time, a growing number of psychiatrists began to examine the unquestioned general assumptions about the purpose of sexual behavior, and, as a result, now accept masturbation and oral intercourse as healthy and therapeutic. According to this view of human sexuality, noncoital sex as such need never cause anybody's concern as long as it satisfies the partners involved. There is, of course, every reason to believe that genital intercourse wil! never become unpopular. In the past, it has always been the preferred form of lovemaking for most people, and it will certainly remain so in the future. |
