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緒論
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什麼是性行為? |
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性及性行為的術語演變史
2：林奈與“上帝”的較量
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從一定程度上看，對林奈的“性徵分類法”的反對呼聲是可以理解的。對於許多道德衛道士來說，林奈和其他的科學家們用這個分類系統似乎有“性化”大自然的意圖，或者換一個說法，他們正將草木也淫蕩化了。這種指控並不公正，實際上這個分類系統明確地向人們表達了一個確切的總體概念。隨著生物學和醫學的快速進步，越來越多生命的研究禁區被勇敢地打破了，解剖學與行為的對比研究開展了起來，結構與行為之間的相關聯繫得到了驗證，這是以前從沒有被人注意到的現象。一旦人們開始把玫瑰花和水仙花考慮成有性的生命體的時候，性的概念就徹底地獲得了全新的發展空間。性忽然變得無孔不入了，並被指為一旦性變得氾濫的時候，就一定會對年輕人那騷動的頭腦產生有害的影響。然而，具有諷刺意味的是，這些道德衛道士們自己不久就利用不斷延伸出來的新的研究成果了，他們通過講述“鮮花、飛鳥和蜜蜂”向孩子們解釋人類的生殖現象。
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Introduction - What is sexual behavior? |
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History of the Term 3
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To a certain degree, the objections to Linné’s “sexual classification method” were understandable. To many moralists it seemed that Linné and other scientists were trying to "sexualize" nature or, in other words, that they were imputing a lascivious purpose to the growth of every last leaf of grass. This charge was unfair, but it articulated a valid general impression. With the rapid advance of biological and medical research, more and more areas of life were fearlessly investigated, anatomies and behaviors were compared, and connections were demonstrated where none had ever been noticed before.
Once people started to think of roses and daffodils as sexual beings, the concept of sex gained entirely new dimensions. Sex suddenly became all-pervasive, and this realization, in turn, was bound to have a bad influence on the excitable minds of the young. Ironically, however, after a while the moralists themselves took advantage of the enlarged new perspective and explained human reproduction to their children by talking about "the flowers, the birds, and the bees".
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