性器官-定义    The Sex Organs - Definition

使用不当术语

在许多医学和专业教科书里，性器官被称为生殖器（拉丁语 genitalia：产生的器官）或“生殖器官”。这些片面的术语可以导致误解，因为这样的称呼带有意识形态色彩和未如实地告诉人们事实的真相：这样的术语在掩盖了性器官的愉悦和性爱功能的情况下，强调了它们可能存在的生养孩子功能和有生殖力的功能。其实，这些被称做生殖的器官在大多数的时间里根本不是用来生殖的，而是专门用于性愉悦功能的器官。有关这一点，在孩子们那里已经再明白不过了，在他们能生育之前，他们可以体验许多年的性高潮。这对自我愉悦的青少年、绝经后的妇女和使用避孕手段的夫妇同样是很明白的一个事理。

Inappropriate terms

In many medical and professional textbooks the sex organs are called genitals (lat. genitalia: organs of generation) or "reproductive organs." These one-sided terms can lead to misunderstandings, because they are ideological and misrepresent the facts: They emphasize the possible childproducing, procreative function of the sex organs at the expense of their pleasure-giving, erotic function. Indeed, most of the time the so-called reproductive organs are not used for the purpose of reproduction at all, but function exclusively as organs of sexual pleasure. This is already obvious to children who may experience orgasms many years before they can reproduce. It is also obvious to self-pleasuring adolescents, to women after the menopause, and to any couple using contraception.