6.3.2 性关系
6.3.2 Sexual Relations
现代自由主义的启蒙运动反对源自教会的性压抑观念,主张释放性表达与性解放。它确立了一种关于男女关系的新观念,这种关系仅限于男性气质与女性气质,即局限于两性之间的性关系。于是,西方人关于荣誉、贞洁以及两性之间私密亲密关系的观念遭到侵蚀。一种宣扬情色与色情的性文化随之出现,把女性贬为商品;从十九世纪起,通奸与淫乱在欧洲各国的男女之间日益盛行,据说维多利亚时代的英国是少数例外。这种性文化被视为自由的表现之一,因此它与婚姻及组建家庭、生育子女的意图毫无关联。
The modern, liberal movement of Enlightenment opposes the concept of sexual repression, inherited from the Church, with the concept of unleashed, sexual expression and sexual liberation. It established a new idea related to the relationship between man and woman, which is limited to masculinity and femininity i.e. confined to sexual relations between them. So the concepts of the Western people about honor, chastity and private intimate relations between the two sexes, were eroded. A sexual culture appeared that promoted eroticism and pornography, reducing women to commodities, whilst adultery and fornication became prevalent amongst men and women in European nations, from the nineteenth century CE, with some exceptions, like Victorian England, as is said. This sexual culture is amongst the manifestations of freedom and so it was not linked with marriage or the intention of child birth to form a family.
例如,法国在大革命后减轻了通奸的刑罚,而《拿破仑法典》规定,成年自愿者之间的任何性行为均不受惩罚。二十世纪,由于多种因素的共同作用,整个西方发生了一场转变。性自由不受限制的推行,导致了淫秽行为的传播。人们依据各自的性偏差组成了团体,且此类团体不断增多,例如同性恋、女同性恋、施虐狂和受虐狂。性交易行业随之建立,并借助媒体、电影和杂志来推广性。心理学家和精神分析学家开展了研究,其中包括威廉·赖希。他们的研究主题是增强性驱力或性能量(弗洛伊德称之为力比多),并呼吁性解放。心理学家亚伯拉罕·马斯洛在其著名的需求层次理论中,将性置于与呼吸、饮水、进食等生理性、机体性需求并列的地位。女权运动也支持性解放,它认为性解放能够将女性从婚姻、母职、家庭、男性和父权制的枷锁中解放出来。
For instance, France reduced punishment for adultery after the revolution, whilst the Napoleonic Code stipulated that any sexual behavior undertaken by consenting adults, is not punishable. In the twentieth century CE, a transformation took place in the entire West, due to a combination of factors. The launch of freedom to have sex without restriction, led to the spread of obscene practices. Groups were formed according to their sexual deviations, within a proliferation, such as homosexuality, lesbianism, sadism and masochism. Industries were established for the sex trade and to promote sex through media, films and magazines. Researches and studies appeared, conducted by psychologists and psychoanalysts, such as Wilhelm Reich. Their subject was regarding strengthening sexual drive or sexual energy, termed libido by Freud, and to call for sexual freedom. Psychologist Abraham Maslow granted sex a status within his famous hierarchy of needs, alongside physiological, organic needs such as breathing, drinking and eating. The feminist movement also supported sexual liberation, which it saw as liberating woman from the shackles of marriage, motherhood, family, men and patriarchy.
这些因素在西方社会中积累了数十年,最终形成了所谓的性革命,时间从二十世纪六十年代延续到八十年代(公元)。这场革命以逐步承认同性恋者的权利而告终,例如从事同性恋行为的自由、结婚的权利等。如今,我们已身处二十一世纪(公元)的第三个十年之初,各种越轨和反常的行为都被允许,甚至超过了历史上所记载的多玛城与庞贝城的衰败。
All these factors accumulated over decades in the Western society, culminating in what is known as the sexual revolution, extending from the sixties, until the eighties of the twentieth century CE. The revolution ended with the gradual recognition of the rights of homosexuals, such as the freedom to practice homosexuality and marry, amongst others. Here we are at the beginning of the third decade of the twenty-first century CE, where all manner of deviant and abnormal practices are permitted, to the point that they even exceed the decline of the cities of Sodom and Pompeii, in what was recorded in history.
事实上,西方关于人类两性关系的这种观点,是建立在不加限制地放纵本能的基础上的,其满足的状态和方式是无效的,既与理性相悖,也与人的本性(fitra)相悖。它的无效性,从理性角度看,体现在其所依据的立论基础本身;从实践角度看,则体现在它对社会和人类造成的有害影响。
In fact, such a Western view about sexual relationships within humanity are based on releasing the instinct without restrictions, in a status and manner of satiation that is invalid, contradicting both the intellect and the human nature (fitra). Its invalidity appears in itself in terms of the intellectual view of the basis upon which it was established, as well as its practical results in terms of its detrimental impact on society and humans.
西方思想已经承认存在一些促使人去满足本能的因素。西方学者以"本能"之名考察了所有这些因素,并将其划分为多个类别。在这一切研究中,值得注意的是,西方人在大多数研究中并未区分两件事。第一是有机需要与本能之间的区别。第二是本能与本能的表现形式之间的区别。
Western thinking has acknowledged the existence of factors that push man to satiate the instinct. The West has examined all the factors, under the name of instincts and classified them within multiple divisions. In all this, it is worth noting that the Westerners did not distinguish between two matters, in most of their research. The first is the difference between the organic needs and instincts. The second is the difference between instincts and their manifestations.
西方认为性是一种必须予以满足的自然需要。换言之,西方把性行为视为一种机体需要。西方认为,通过压抑或克制来阻止性欲的满足,会对个人和社会造成破坏性的后果。因此,他们在所谓的"性表达"中放任欲望的满足,同时煽动性冲动。 然而,事实是,性并非机体需要,而是本能。在满足的必要性上,呼吸、进食、饮水和排便等机体需要与本能是不同的。阻止机体需要的满足必然导致毁灭。因此,无法呼吸、进食或饮水必然导致死亡。而本能则不一定必须得到满足。阻止本能的满足不会导致毁灭,也不会造成死亡,尽管它会引起焦虑、烦躁、痛苦和不适。从未有人因为没有性行为而死亡,人类整体的现实便是明证。
The West considered sex as a natural necessity that must mandatorily be satiated. In other words, the West views the sexual act as an organic need. The West views that preventing sexual satiation, by suppression or repression, would lead to destructive consequences for both individuals and communities. Accordingly, they unleashed satiation within what is called sexual expression, whilst agitating arousal. However, the fact is that sex is not an organic need, but an instinct. Organic needs such as breathing, eating, drinking and defecating are distinct from instincts, with respect to the necessity of satiation. Prevention of the satiation of organic needs will lead to destruction, inevitably. So, the failure to breathe, eat or drink will lead to death. However, as for the instincts, they do not necessarily have to be satiated. Prevention of the satiation of instincts does not lead to destruction and will not cause death, although it will lead to anxiety, agitation, misery and discomfort. No-one has ever died through not having sex and the evidence for that is the reality of humankind in general.
有机需求与本能的区别还体现在其被唤起的方式上。有机需求由内在需要所激发,而本能则由外在刺激所唤起。有机需求需要满足内在需要,因为身体必须存活下去。相反,本能在其根源上并不需要来自内部的满足,除非受到外部的影响。因此,本能并非由内在需要所唤起,而是由外在刺激所唤起,这种刺激既可以是可感知的现实,也可以是描绘可感知现实的思想,凡属于"刺激"含义之内的一切均包括在内。如果找不到这样的外在刺激,本能便不会被唤起。此外,对满足在质与量上的需求与唤起紧密相连:外在刺激越少,欲望也就越少。
Organic needs are also distinguished from instincts, with respect to arousal by stimulus. Organic needs are stimulated by internal requirements, whilst the instinct is aroused by an external stimulus. Organic needs require satiation for internal requirements, as the body must survive. In contrast, instincts do not require satiation from within in origin, naturally, other than what is influenced from externally. So, the instincts are not aroused from internal requirements. Instead, instincts are aroused by external stimulus, in terms of a stimulating tangible reality or a stimulating thought depicting a tangible reality, including all that falls within the meaning of stimulus. If such an external stimulus was not to be found, then there is no arousal of the instinct. Furthermore, the demand for satiation in both quality and quantity is linked to the arousal. The less the external stimulus, the less will be the desire.
此外,西方总体上并不区分本能与其表现形式。从西方心理学家的著作和研究中可以明显看出,他们持有这样一种观念:性行为本身就是一种本能,而不是生育本能的一种表现。
Furthermore, the West in general does not distinguish between the instinct and its manifestations. It is apparent from the books and studies of the Western psychologists, who carried the perception that the sexual act itself is an instinct and not as a manifestation of the instinct of procreation.
两种观点之间的差异至关重要,因为根据各自的观点,二者对所意图之事会产生不同的后果。凡将性行为视为本能者,便会把性本身当作目的;而凡将性视为繁衍本能之体现者,则会关注性行为之外的一个目的,并据此界定性行为的地位与方式。基于这一区分,人类对待性的行为便由其对个人与社会生活所产生的影响与作用程度所决定。 在西方人当中,也有人确实将性的层面区分为本能及其体现。他们说,性的目的在于繁衍,同时他们又主张所谓自然的目标与人的目标之间存在矛盾。他们将自然的目标界定为生育,而人的目标则是从性高潮中获得最大程度的快感,科林·威尔逊在《性冲动的起源》一书中便提到了这一点。这种西方观点是站不住脚的,因为它把人的注意力从本能整体上转移开,只聚焦于其众多体现中的一个。于是,人们关注的是枝叶而非根本。如此一来,人的目标便变成尽可能地获取性快感,而不再顾及人类种族的延续。这将导致人走向败坏与堕落,寻求各种形式的放纵,例如恋尸癖、恋兽癖、窒息性欲等,从而使人丧失其人性。
The difference between the two perspectives is critically important because of the consequences related to what is intended, according to the respective perspectives. Whoever views the sexual act as an instinct will make sex itself a purpose, whilst whoever views sex as a manifestation of the instinct of procreation, will focus on a purpose, other than the sexual act, defining its status and manner accordingly. Based on this differentiation, human behavior towards sex is determined in terms of how much influence and impact it has on the life of individuals and society. There are those amongst the Westerners who do differentiate the sexual aspect into instinct and its manifestation. They say that sex serves the purpose of procreation, whilst they assert a contradiction between the objective of nature, as they call it, and the objective of the human. They defined the objective of nature as childbirth, whilst the objective of humans is to attain the greatest level of pleasure from orgasm, as mentioned in the book, Origins of the Sexual Impulse by Colin Wilson. This Western view is invalid because it diverts the attention of man away from the actual instinct as a whole, to just one of its manifestations. Thus, the branch is focused upon rather than the root. So the objective of humans becomes to achieve sexual pleasure as much as possible, with no consideration regarding the continuity of the human species. This leads man to subversion and perversion in search of all forms of depravity, such as necrophilia, zoophilia, hypoxyphilia and others, that deprive man of his humanity.
至于这种关于性关系的观点对整个人类,特别是对西方社会所产生的后果和影响,显而易见,它在西方导致了许多罪恶。其中包括:
As for the consequence and impact of this view about sexual relationships upon humanity in general and the Western society in particular, it is evident that it has led to many evils in the West. These include:
将女性从其原本的地位(母亲、主妇,以及必须加以守护的尊严)转变为仅仅是一种可供性欲消费的商品。西方并不关注她的人性,而只关注她的性别魅力。
- Changing the reality of woman from her original status of being a mother, housewife and honor that must be protected, into merely a sexually desirable commodity. The West does not pay attention to her humanity, but only to her sexual femininity.
- 以一种人为的、视觉化的女性形象占据主导地位,即以性感、诱惑的身体为代表,这导致女性患上身心疾病,例如神经性厌食症。
- The dominance of an artificial, visual form for woman, represented by a glamorous, sexualized body, that leads to physical and mental diseases amongst women, such as anorexia nervosa.
- 放弃家庭观念及其对社会之必要性。
- The abandoning of the concept of the family and its necessity for society.
家庭关系的败坏与瓦解,婚姻的失败与频繁的离婚,尽管结婚的人数在下降。
- The corruption and disintegration of family relations, failure of marriages and frequent divorce, despite falling numbers of marriages.
父亲对子女责任的放弃,而由国家机构来抚养和教育这些孩子。这与专业化照护的观念相契合,而一些人认为专业化照护优于自然的、家庭式的照护。
- The abandoning of the responsibility of fathers towards their children, whom state institutions then foster and educate. This is aligned to the concept of professional caregiving, which is held as superior to natural, familial caregiving by some.
通奸和卖淫变得如此普遍,以至于成了习以为常的现象;堕胎的增多,以及通过通奸和私通所生的孩子的出现也是如此,西方过去称这些孩子为私生子。
- Fornication and prostitution became so rampant that they became norms, as did the increase in abortion and the birth of children from fornication and adultery, whom the West formerly called illegitimate children.
- 婚姻不忠现象的蔓延,以及夫妻之间缺乏信任。
- The spread of marital infidelity and the lack of trust between spouses.
同性恋的蔓延,带来了危险的疾病和心理问题。
- The spread of homosexuality, which brought with it dangerous diseases and psychological problems.
- 强奸的普遍存在,以及儿童遭受频繁性侵害的现象。
- The prevalence of rape and frequent sexual abuse of children.
人口增长放缓与西方社会的老龄化。这是忽视本能基础所致,而这一本能就是物种的延续与繁衍。这一问题威胁着整个西方的存续。美国保守派政治人物帕特里克·约瑟夫(帕特)·布坎南在其著作《西方的死亡》中警告道:"西方的死亡并非对未来将要发生之事的预测,而是对当下正在发生之事的描绘。第一世界国家正在走向灭亡。它们面临着致命的危机,这并非因为第三世界发生了什么,而是因为第一世界的国家和家庭中没有发生什么。西方的生育率已经下降了几十年。"
- The slowing of demographic growth and the aging of Western society. This is a result of neglecting the basis of the instinct, which is the survival of the species, procreation. This is the issue that threatens the existence of the West as a whole. In his book, The Death of the West, conservative US politician, Patrick Joseph (Pat) Buchanan warned, “the Death of the West is not a prediction of what is going to happen, it is a depiction of what is happening now. First World nations are dying. They face a mortal crisis, not because of something happening in the Third World, but because of what is not happening at home and in the homes of the First World. Western fertility rates have been falling for decades.”.
事实上,人类天然的性欲可以被压抑、被放纵,也可以被加以规范和引导。压抑违背了人类需要得到满足的本能天性。然而,放纵,即所谓的性表达中抛弃一切约束、只专注于满足,同样违背了它作为繁衍本能之表现的实际本质。舍本逐末是错误的。因此,西方社会的群体观念从人类的延续,转变为男女之间的关系,即雌雄关系,换言之,仅仅是性关系,这是一个必然的结果。这种群体观念必须改变:从只关注快乐和享受,转变为将这种快乐和享受视为满足本能的自然且必然结果的观念。只有这样,社会才会关注这一本能存在的目的,即物种的延续。
In fact, the natural sexual desire of humans can be either suppressed, unleashed or organized. Suppression contradicts the nature of the human instinct that needs to be satiated. However, unleashing, within what is called sexual expression, abandoning all constraints and focusing on satiation alone, also contradicts the reality of its nature of being a manifestation of the instinct of procreation. It is wrong to neglect the root and focus on the branch. Accordingly, it was an inevitable consequence that the community view changed in the West from the continuity of humanity, to the relationship between men and women as males and females, in other words, sexual relations alone. This community view must be changed from focusing on pleasure and enjoyment alone, to a view that makes this pleasure and enjoyment a natural, inevitable consequence of satiation. This alone makes the community focused on the purpose for which this instinct exists, which is the survival of the species.
通过这种社群观,本能的满足与其目的都能够实现。采纳这一理念的社群,必然会实现安宁。这是符合理性、契合人性(fitra)的正确观点。尽管西方通过其观点所带来的灾难性后果,已经认识到自身观点的谬误,西方却出于自身的傲慢与固执,拒绝承认伊斯兰观点的真实性,因为伊斯兰与西方文明两大支柱——自由与个人主义——相互矛盾。
Both the satiation and the purpose of the instinct can be achieved with this community view. Tranquility will inevitably be realized for a community that adopts this concept. This is the correct view that convinces to the mind and agrees with the human nature (fitra). Despite the West knowing the corruption of its view through the catastrophic consequences it unleashed on society, the West refuses to acknowledge the truthfulness of the Islamic view, out of its own arrogance and stubbornness, because Islam contradicts the two concepts represented as the pillars of its civilization, i.e. freedom and individualism.