Ukuqala Kwokuqala Ngesikhathi Socansi (2019)

Kunemizwa eminingi evame ukuhlotshaniswa nobulili: uthando, injabulo, injabulo, mhlawumbe nokuphumula. Kodwa kulabo besifazane abaningi, umuzwa owodwa wobulili oza engqondweni ungumnyama: ukwesaba.

Esifundweni samuva, u-Debby Herbenick, uprofesa nomcwaningi wesondo e-Indiana University School of Public Health, wathola ukuthi cishe ingxenye yesine abesifazane basebekhulile e-United States sebezwe besaba ngesikhathi sezocansi. Phakathi kwabaphenduli be-347, i-23 ichaze ukuthi umuzwa wesaba ngoba umlingani wabo uzame ukuwaphazamisa ngokungalindelekile. Isibonelo, owesifazane oneminyaka engu-44 oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala wabhala ukuthi lowo mlingani wakhe "wabeka izandla zakhe emphethweni wami lapho engingaphefumuli khona."

Ubulili bungabandakanya ukuchithwa kwe-consensual, kodwa akukhona okwenzekayo lapha, njengoba u-Herbenick echaze izethameli ngesikhathi sephaneli ku-Aspen Imibono: Impilo, ehlanganyelwe yi-Aspen Institute futhi I-Atlantic. Esikhundleni salokho, "lokhu bekusobala ukuthi akukho muntu owakhulume ngakho futhi wavela kumuntu," esho. Izigameko eziningi zokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi phakathi kwabafundi eyunivesithi yakhe manje ziphakathi kokungqubuzana kwama-nonconsensual. Ngokusho kocwaningo lwakhe, amaphesenti angu-13 amantombazane asebenza ngezocansi aneminyaka eyi-14 kuya ku-17 asevele ephikisiwe.

Isizathu sokuthi izingane ezincane zikwazi mayelana nesenzo sobudlova esinjalo obunonya, kungenzeka ukuthi i-porn, kusho uDan Savage, umlobi wezocansi kanye nomphathi I-Savage Lovecast, owabe esephaneli. Futhi akusona ushintsho olulodwa oluphazamisayo olungahle lusekelwe ku-porn, longeze uKat Julian, umhleli ophezulu ku I-Atlantic futhi umbhali we-a Indaba yamuva yamaphephandaba omagazini ekuziphatheni ngokobulili kubantu abasha. Ngendaba yakhe, ukhulume nabesifazane abaningi abathi abalingani babo besilisa babonakala bebheka lokho abakubonayo kuyi-porno, besuka noma bangena ngaphakathi lapho bengakakulungeli.

UJulian wezwa ngesikhungo sempilo eyunivesithi ebona abesifazane abanezikhumba ze-vulvar, into ejwayele ukukhombisa ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi. Ngaphandle kwalaba besifazane babengadlwenguliwe. "Bavele bebe ocansini ababengathandi," kusho uJulian. "Babengazi ukuthi bekufanele bazizwe behluke." U-Savage ukholelwa ukuthi isizathu sokuthi izithombe zobulili ezingcolile zinyuka-futhi zimbi kakhulu-izimpilo zabantu abasha zocansi ukuthi izikole zihluleka ukuhlinzeka izingane ngokufundisa ngezocansi eziziwayo. Esikhundleni sokufunda ukuthi lokho abakubonayo kuyi-porn kungenzeka kungabonakali impilo yangempela, abantu abasha babuka izithombe ezingcolile futhi bakholelwa ukuthi yilokho abalingani babo abafuna. I-Savage ifingqa isingeniso sengqondo ngokuthi, "Angifuni ukwenza lokho, kodwa yilokho engingakwenza ngoba yilokho akulindele kimi." Ngokusobala, isisodwa esisodwa siwukuthi abazali bazama ukugcina izingane zibukele i-porn okukhuthaza ubudlova ngokocansi. Kodwa ngenye indlela, singabakhuthaza kanjani abantu abasha-nabantu abadala-ukuthi bakhulume nabalingani babo mayelana nokuthi bekungaba njalo yini like ukuze uthole ezinye izinyathelo eziphefumulelwe ezibucayi? U-Savage, onguyongqingili, uthe lokhu "kukhona abantu abathandana nabo abanganikeza abantu abalungile." Ngenxa yokuthi abalingani bobulili obufanayo nabo banezinhlobo ezifanayo zobulili, lapho sebekulungele ukulala ndawonye, ​​uSavage uthe bavame ukuxoxa ngokuthi, bayokwenza. "Ngikubiza ngokuthi amagama amane omlingo," kusho uSavage. "Umbuzo obuzwa lapho abantu ababili bezolala ndawonye okokuqala: Ungena kuphi? Ngoba ayikwazi ukucatshangwa. Abantu abalungile bahlukunyezwa ngokobulili. "Ngokuvamile, kusho uSavage," lapho abantu abaqondile bevuma, bayeka ukukhuluma ngalokho okulandelayo, ngalokho abafuna ukukwenza. Uma abantu abesilisa abashadile bevuma, lokho kungukuqala kwengxoxo. "Le ngxoxo ingaba lapho lo mbhangqwana uxoxa ukuthi yini-futhi ayikho kahle. Mhlawumbe kungenye into ukuthi imibhangqwana eqondile ingafunda emibhangqwaneni yama-gay.

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