女權主義者的性慾觀
(讀書筆記:傑茜卡瓦倫蒂:《正面全裸的女權主義》)
我一直以為,女權主義者都是些身穿男性西裝剪著男人髮型叼著香煙不刮腋毛的中性人,直到讀了瓦倫蒂這本《正面全裸的女權主義》。
現在才明白過來,原來女權主義者也是有七情六慾的!不僅如此,她們的慾望比普通女性更直白,更強勢,更利己。
瓦倫蒂用了整整一個章節來闡述女權主義的性慾觀。標題是《女權主義者更擅長干那事(以及其它關於性的提示)FEMINISTS DO IT BETTER (AND OTHER SEX TIPS)》。
她開宗明義就自我標榜「我在床上比你行,而這得歸功於女權主義。」(I'm better in bed than you are. And I have feminism to thank for it.)
現代男權社會對女人有一種自相矛盾的雙重標準:一方面,女人在白天接受「守貞教育」,晚上則在電視上看到「女孩也瘋狂」的廣告。一方面,女孩被教導說婚前性行為是不對的,另一方面又告訴你,你若想成為一名春假辣妹,你趕緊對著鏡頭寬衣解帶吧!(When you're getting abstinence-only education during the day and Girls Gone Wild commercials at night, it's not exactly easy to develop a healthy sexuality. You're taught that sex before marriage is bad bad bad, but that if you want to be a springbreak hottie, you'd better start making out for the camera.)
守貞教育家是這麼來教育女孩子的:「你們的身體就是一根棒棒糖。當你們與男人發生性關係時,他剝去你的糖衣,含吮起來。當時可能感覺不錯,可遺憾的是,他與你完事後,你們留給下一位伴侶的就是衣冠不整,口水臭味的殘渣。」("Your body is a wrapped lollipop. When you have sex with a man, he unwraps your lollipop and sucks on it. It may feel great at the time, but unfortunately, when he's done with you, all you have left for your next partner is a poorly wrapped, saliva-fouled sucker. ")
夠聳人聽聞的。不過女權主義者不吃這一套。瓦倫蒂提出的口號是:「我的處女膜我做主!(Our Hymens, Ourselves )
」她說:「我從未鬧明白處女貞操有什麼大不了,真的。我的貞操在中學時代就被一名男朋友沒怎麼費勁就奪去了。我們後來還約會了好幾年呢。我還以為會有什麼異樣的感覺呢,沒有。我總覺得這種把處女貞操當成如花似玉一回事很愚蠢。所以你可以想象,當我發現自己原來是被用過即棄的垃圾(或棒棒糖)時有多愕然。」(I have never really understood what the big deal was about virginity. Really. Mine was lost without a great deal of fanfare to a high school boyfriend whom I dated for several years afterward. I expected to feel different—I didn't. The whole precious-flower-virginity thing always seemed silly to me. So imagine my surprise when I found out that I was just a used-up piece of trash (or candy) without it.)
我比較納悶的是,女權主義者總體上是鄙夷男人的。可是在處理自己的情慾時,她們對男人的態度顯然又是另一番風景。誠然,她們與男人上床,再也不是為了討好男人,更不是為了繁衍後代,而純粹是為了自己的愉悅。用瓦倫蒂露骨的話,就是:一邊做女權主義者,一邊啪啪啪!(f***ing while feminist !)
只是,面對一位性慾如此高漲態度如此強勢的女權主義床伴,哪一位小男人消受得起?