Masturbation

性行为的基本类型

1. 自我性刺激

自娱(自慰、手淫)

上:正在使用两个人造阴茎(假阴茎)自娱的女人。
下:(古希腊和古罗马神话中)半人半兽的森林之神正在自娱。
(自古希腊花瓶画)

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

词语手淫(masturbation)源自拉丁语动词masturbare:用手玷污……的纯洁,或用手扰乱……[即手(manus+玷污……的纯洁(stuprare),或手+……turbare]。这个术语仅仅大约在200年前才被人译成英语。打那之前,显然少有世人使用具有明确涵义和描述的词,诸如青年人的色欲youthful passion孤独的快乐solitary pleasure等就不具有明确的含义。但是,今天所使用的单词masturbation (手淫)已经变成了大多数欧洲语言的一部分,并且在专业教科书里,它已经替换下了所有其它的表达方式。在这样的情况下,我们别无选择,在本教程里只有遵循这种普遍的用法[1]

尽管如此,重要的是要认识到,手淫这个术语事实上相当不精确并且易引起误解,因为没有用手,男女都可以自娱。所以,对于当代研究者来说,我们认为自娱是指任何产生性反应的故意的自我刺激行为


[1]. 但是,在翻译成中文时,本教程尽量把masturbation翻译成自娱自慰,除非必要保持传统的中文翻译手淫,譬如在此处的翻译。——译者注。

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]