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性行為的基本類型
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同性性交
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非指人而指行為
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孌童
古希臘人曾經把同性性行為接納為一名男子的性活動中的正常部分，並把它視為有益於社會習俗的文明行為，稱之為孌童(paiderastia,照字面意思為“男孩之愛”,
自pais:男孩或在這裏更合適解釋成:少年；和自eran：愛)。這種戀愛關係那時從來沒有被視為婚姻和父權的障礙。(自古希臘花瓶畫)蒙柏林SPK斯泰特爾博物館惠允。 |
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Paiderastia
The ancient Greeks accepted homosexual behavior as a normal part of a man's sexual activity and cultivated it as a socially beneficial custom called paiderastia (literally, love of boys, from pais: boy or rather here: male adolescent, and eran: to love). These love relationships were never seen as obstacles to marriage and fatherhood.(After an ancient Greek vase painting)
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金西同樣經過驗證後認為，即使作為整體的和同一的個體，異性-同性戀性傾向可以在經歷一個時期之後發生改變。有的男人和女人，在其一生的一個時期的行為完全是異性戀的，而在另一個時期卻完全是同性戀的。有的則參與雙性性行為，但是，他們的異性與同性的性傾向程度變異較大。有一些人首先對兩性有著相等的性愛興趣，然後只是逐漸明顯地偏愛一個性別或另一個性別。但是，這種性偏愛可能不一定持續不變。甚至於，隨著時間的推移，一個人的性傾向的程度在金西的性行為等級量表上可能會數次發生改變。
如果把作為整體的人類分成“異性戀者”和“同性戀者”是錯誤的話，那麼把任何一個特定的個體稱作“異性戀”或“同性戀”恰恰也是錯誤的。出於同樣的原因，不可能確定多少人是“異性戀”或多少人是“同性戀”。只有可能確定在任何設定的時間裏，有多少人屬於異性-同性性傾向等級量表上的哪一個類型。諸如“那裏有多少同性戀者？”或“我是同性戀者嗎？”這樣的提問，從科學意義上看，並沒有答案。簡而言之，同性性行為並不局限在極少數的“同性戀者”，而且程度不等地同樣存在於許多沒有用這種標籤標稱自己的其他個體之中。（想要瞭解這樣的例子，請點擊此處）
所以，以下的內容只是描述同性性行為的基本類型，並沒有設定這種行為只是發生在特定的人之間。 |
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Basic Types of Sexual Behavior |
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3. Homosexual Intercourse |
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Not Persons, but Behaviors |
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Kinsey also recognized that even in one and the same individual the heterosexual-homosexual balance may shift over a period of time. There are men and women whose behavior is exclusively heterosexual at one time in their lives and exclusively homosexual at another time. Some engage in both types of behavior but with varying degrees of intensity. Others begin with an equal erotic interest in both sexes and only gradually develop a clear preference for one or the other. However, this preference may not always remain permanent. Indeed, a person's position on Kinsey's rating scale may change several times over the years. |
If it is wrong to divide the population as a whole into "heterosexuals" and "homosexuals", it is just as wrong to call any particular individual a "heterosexual" or a "homosexual". By the same token, it is impossible to determine how many people are "heterosexual" or "homosexual". It is only possible to determine how many people belong, at any given time, to each of the categories on a heterosexual-homosexual rating scale. Questions like "How many homosexuals are there?" or "Am I a homosexual?" do not have a scientifically meaningful answer.
In short, homosexual behavior is not restricted to a tiny minority of “homosexuals”, but is also found - to a greater or lesser extent - in many other individuals who do not fit this label. (For an example, click
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Therefore, the following sections simply describe the basic forms of homosexual intercourse without presuming that it occurs only between particular persons. |
