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中间性
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怎样对待中间性
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社会-文化的态度
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宗教传统
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不同的容忍限度
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在传统单神论的自然的观念(view of
nature)里，中间性、女权运动、同性恋和双性恋是不合常规的事物，并且背离上帝的旨意。毕竟，中间性背离“自然的”生理性别，女权运动挑战“自然的”性角色，而同性恋违背性取向的“自然的”准则。
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犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教：对性变异容忍度小或不容忍
中间性、女权主义诉求和同性恋违背天赐的准则。
Judaism, Christianity, Islam: Little or no tolerance for sexual variations
Intersexuality, feminist demands, and homosexual behavior violate God-given norms.
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在某些宗教领袖开始接受那么一丁点的当代自然科学原理之前，他们(对性准则违背)是不会有半分容忍的。当前，某些“开明的”犹太教会众和基督教圣徒支持从前的“性偏离者”(deviates)，并且承认他们具有完全平等权利的成员资格。(伊斯兰教在约公元800-1300年的“辉煌时代”对性偏离者相当容忍，自那以后则逐渐限制性偏离者了。)总体上看，单神论宗教仍然反对按照科学重新解释它们的传统的性教义。所以，就广泛的意义上说，这些性教义影响着总体的社会-文化思潮，中间性者和其他“性准则违背者”仍旧(为自己的权益)进行着艰难的斗争。另一方面，某些亚洲的宗教，像印度教、佛教、道教、儒教和日本的神道教等等，从未有过这样的性教义，我们因而感到它们更容易接纳更宽泛的性变异象谱(spectrum of sexual
variations)。
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印度教、佛教、道教、儒教和日本的神道教：无有关性变异的性教义
中间性、女权主义诉求和同性性行为同样地不是与信仰有关的问题。如果这个说法准确，我们需要从它们的背景来作出判断。
Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto: No dogmas about sexual variations
Intersexuality, feminist demands, and homosexual behavior as such are not issues relevant to the faith.
If at all, they must be judged in context.
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Intersexuality - Dealing with Intersexuality
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Socio-cultural Attitudes - Religious Traditions
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Varying Degrees of Tolerance
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In the traditional monotheistic view of nature, intersexuality, feminism, homosexuality and bisexuality are irregularities and deviations from God’s intended order. After all, the intersexes deviate from the “natural” physical sex, feminists challenge the “natural” gender roles, and homosexuals violate the “natural” norm of sexual orientation.
It was not before some religious leaders began to accept at least some findings of the modern natural sciences, that they became more tolerant. Today, there are some “liberal” Jewish congregations and Christian churches that support the former “deviates” and grant them full membership with equal rights. (Islam had been rather tolerant during its “Golden Age” from ca. 800 to 1300 A.D., but became more restrictive, when it ended.) On the whole, the monotheistic religions still resist attempts to reinterpret their traditional sexual dogmas in the light of science. To the extent therefore, that these dogmas influence the general socio-cultural climate, intersexual persons and the other “norm violators” are still fighting an uphill battle. On the other hand, some Asian religions like
Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto etc., never had such dogmas and thus find it much easier to accept a wider spectrum of sexual variations. |
