Course 6
1. Self-stimulation
History
Orgasm During Sleep
Masturbation
Early Experiences
Females
Males
A Common Activity
Masturbation
性行為的基本類型
1. 自我性刺激
自娛(自慰、手淫)

:正在使用兩個人造陰莖(假陰莖)自娛的女人。

:(古希臘和古羅馬神話中)半人半獸的森林之神正在自娛。(自古希臘花瓶畫。)

Top: Woman using two artificial penises (dildos) for masturbation
Bottom: Satyr masturbating
(After ancient Greek vase paintings)

詞語手淫(masturbation)源自拉丁語動詞masturbare:用手玷污……的純潔,或用手擾亂……[即手(manus+玷污……的純潔(stuprare),或手+擾亂……turbare]。這個術語僅僅大約在200年前才被人譯成英語。打那之前,顯然少有世人使用具有明確涵義和描述的詞,諸如青年人的色欲(youthful passion孤獨的快樂(solitary pleasure等就不具有明確的含義。但是,今天所使用的單詞masturbation(手淫)已經變成了大多數歐洲語言的一部分,並且在專業教科書裏,它已經替換下了所有其它的表達方式。在這樣的情況下,我們別無選擇,在本教程裏只有遵循這種普遍的用法[1]

儘管如此,重要的是要認識到,手淫這個術語事實上相當不精確並且易引起誤解,因為沒有用手,男女都可以自娛。所以,對於當代研究者來說,我們認為自娛是指任何產生性反應的故意的自我刺激行為


[1]. 但是,在翻譯成中文時,本教程儘量把masturbation翻譯成自娛自慰,除非必要保持傳統的中文翻譯手淫,譬如在此處的翻譯。——譯者注。

Basic Types of Sexual  Behavior
1. Sexual Self-stimulation
Masturbation
The word masturbation is derived from the Latin verb masturbare: to defile by hand or to disturb by hand (i.e. manus: hand + either stuprare: to defile, or turbare: to disturb). The term was introduced into the English language only about 200 years ago. Before that time, people apparently used less definite references and descriptions, such as "youthful passions" or "solitary pleasures".
Today, however, the word "masturbation" has become part of most European languages, and in professional textbooks it has replaced all other expressions. Under the circumstances, we have no choice but to follow the common usage in this course.
Still, it is important to realize that the term is actually quite imprecise and misleading because both males and females can masturbate without using any hands. Therefore, for modern sex researchers,
masturbation is "any deliberate physical self-stimulation that produces a sexual response."

[Course 6] [Description] [How to use it] [Introduction] [Development] [Basic Types] [1. Self-stimulation] [2. Heterosexual] [3. Homosexual] [4. Contact with Animals] [Variations] [Prohibited Behavior] [Additional Reading] [Examination]