Defining (hetero)sex: How imperative is the "coital imperative"?
Defining (hetero)sex: How imperative is the "coital imperative"?
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-5395(01)00160-1
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发表时间：
2001-03-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Gavey, N
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作者：
McPhillips, K;Braun, V;Gavey, N
有人声称，（至少）在西方文化中存在着一种“性交命令”，它使性交成为异性恋性行为的精髓。而且，这种强制性被认为是异性恋最正常、最自然的形式。我们在15名女性和15名男性的谈话中询问性的定义，问“性交的必要性有多重要？“我们确定了一些性交优先于其他性行为的方式，作为“真实的”性。然而，我们也提请注意参与者在谈论性是什么时的紧张和分歧。我们认为，关于性和性交的讨论的这些特征表明，替代性的话语空间确实存在（尽管是以一种有限的、不易接近的形式），通过这种空间，性交命令的霸权可以受到挑战。我们的结论是，有很强的理由促进非性交性行为作为一种选择，更安全的异性恋。(C)2001爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
It has been claimed that a "coital imperative" exists in (at least) Western cultures, which renders intercourse as the quintessence of heterosexual sex. Moreover, this imperative is taken for granted as the most normal and natural form of heterosex. We interrogate definitions of sex in the talk of 15 women and 15 men to ask "how imperative is the coital imperative?" We identify some of the ways in which intercourse is prioritized, over and above other sexual practices, as "real" sex. However, we also draw attention to tensions and fissures in participants' talk about what sex is. We suggest that these features of the talk about sex and intercourse reveal that alternative discursive spaces do exist (albeit in a limited and less accessible form) through which the hegemony of the coital imperative can be challenged. We conclude that there are strong justifications for promoting noncoital sex as one option for safer heterosex. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.