Course 6
Two Examples
1. Fetishism
List of Fetishisms
Foot Binding
Foot Binding 2
2. Sadomasochism
1. Fetishism
变异的性行为
两种变异的性行为举例: 1. 恋物癖

阿尔弗雷德·比奈
(1857- 1911)
法国医生和心理学家,作为智商(IQ)测验先驱而闻名于世。他也引入了”性敏感区”和”性恋物癖“的概念。他的著作《性爱问题中的”恋物癖“》发表于1882年。

Alfred Binet
(1857- 1911) a French physician and psychologist, is best known as the pioneer of intelligence testing (IQ Test). He also introduced the concepts of "erogenous zones“ and “erotic fetishism”. His study Le fétichisme dans l’amour (“Fetishism in Matters of Love”) appeared in 1882.

在原初的含义里,词语fetish(葡萄牙语:feitiço,取自拉丁语factitius:人工制品)表示一个崇拜的对象、偶像和赋予魔力的宗教咒语。在许多文字出现之前或无文字的社会里,这样的偶像曾经和仍然受到人们的顶礼膜拜。

当把它运用到人类的性行为时,如果一件事物正对某人起到性唤起的作用,这个术语就可能指任何东西——一件物品、身体的一个部分或一项活动。请您注意:这种性唤起不是由作为整体的一个人所引起,而是由那个人的身体某一部位或由属于这个人的某件物品所导致,或者根本上只是由任何一件物品所激发,或者由已经对恋物癖者来说赋予了某种性爱意义的某项活动所促成。简而言之,术语性恋物癖sexual festishism是指在回避性伙伴的整个个体之下的对身体部位或无生命的物体或特殊的活动的一种性迷恋erotic fascination

一定程度的某种恋物嗜好的确非常普遍。几乎每一个人曾经保存和珍爱一封情书、一张照片、一块手帕、一缕头发、一件衣物、或唤起不在现场的心爱人出现在脑海的类似的物品。甚至于在某些情形之下,诸如此类的无生命物体也可能适合于性唤起。不过,这些轻微的恋物嗜好个案并不确切地重要,而且不是意指我们所说的严重的恋物癖。只有当恋物行为变成专一的和强迫的,只有当恋物行为削弱或阻碍与性伴的相互满足的性关系时,这种恋物行为才成为严重的问题。不过,尽管这样,无论治疗师或其他任何人将要设法改变恋物癖与否(例如,参见此处),它也会依环境条件而定。

简而言之,当我们讨论性恋物癖时,我们恰恰正在讨论社会背景和恋物嗜好的程度问题。毕竟,不同的性伴可能会对不同的性妄想做出反应,甚至可以十分轻易地容忍其中的一些性伴侣,尤其在这些性伴侣以某种方式符合他们自己的性偏好时,则更容易容忍。所以,同样再清楚不过的是,甚至严重的性恋物癖也并不必定就值得去质疑。只要一对性伴没有感到有什么问题,就不存在有什么理由需要外人就当事者的行为说三道四。在这样的情形之下,我们也可以质疑恋物癖这个负面的标签是否仍然适用。

 

Variations in Sexual Behavior
Two Examples: 1. Fetishism
In its original meaning, the word “fetish” (portug: feitiço from lat. factitius: artefact) denotes an object of veneration, an idol, a religious item endowed with magic powers. Such fetishes were, and still are, worshipped in many preliterate societies.
Applied to human sexual behavior, the term can refer to anything - an object, a body part, or an activity - if it is sexually arousing to someone. Please, note: This arousal is not caused by a person as a whole, but by a part of that person or by an object that belongs to the person, or simply by any object at all, or by some activity that has acquired some erotic significance for the “fetishist”. In short,
the term “sexual festishism” refers to an erotic fascination with body parts or inanimate objects or specific activities at the expense of the whole personality of a sexual partner.
Some sort of limited fetishism is very common indeed. Nearly everyone has, at one time or another, saved and cherished a love letter, a photo, a handkerchief, a flower, a lock of hair, a piece of clothing, or similar items that evoke the presence of an absent, beloved person. Indeed, in some cases, such inanimate objects can also become sexually arousing. However, these “mild” cases “do not really count” and are not meant when one talks of “serious” fetishism. It becomes serious, when the fetishistic behavior becomes exclusive and obsessive, and when it impairs or prevents a mutually satisfying relationship with a sexual partner. However, even then it depends on the circumstances whether a therapist or anyone else should try to change it (for an example, see here.)
In short, when talking about sexual fetishism, one is talking about a social context and about matters of degree. After all, different partners may react differently to different sexual obsessions and may even tolerate some of them quite easily, especially if they somehow “match” their own predilections. It is therefore also clear that even “serious” sexual fetishism is not necessarily problematic. As long as a couple has no problem with it, there is little reason for outsiders to pass judgement on their behavior. In such a case, one may also ask whether the negative label “fetishism” is still useful.

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