关键概述-性健康的含义

什么是性健康？

举例：妇女性健康-维多利亚时代的典范

在十九世纪，甚至在我们西方自己的文化里，人们也会否决世界卫生组织关于性健康的定义。那时，人们仍然认为性行为的主要目的是生殖；现在，世界卫生组织几乎不再提及性行为的生殖目的。此外：至少人们不愿意承认妇女获得性快乐的权利。与此相反，人们认为一个健康的妇女对性不感兴趣。她容忍婚内性交主要是因为想要孩子，然后履行做母亲的职责。维多利亚时代杰出的内科医生威廉•阿克顿 (William Acton,1813 -1875)在他的著作《生殖器官的功能与机能失调》 (1813 -1875) 中表达了这种具有代表性的观点：“我想大多数妇女为了她们的幸福着想，不会被任何形式的性感觉 (sexual feeling)所打扰。” 

Critical Introduction - The Meaning of Sexual Health

What is Sexual Health?

Example: The sexual health of women - The Victorian Ideal

In the 19th century, the WHO definitions would have been rejected even in our own culture. At that time, the main purpose of sexual activity was still believed to be procreation, a goal now barely mentioned by the WHO. Moreover: At least women would not have been granted a right to sexual pleasure. On the contrary: A healthy woman was believed to have little interest in sex. She tolerated marital intercourse mainly because she wanted children and then fulfill her true calling as a mother. A typical  statement of this belief was provided by the eminent Victorian physician William Acton (1813 -1875) in his book  "The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs” (1857): "I should say that the majority of women, happily for them,  are not very much troubled with sexual feeling of any kind".