Li Yinhe talks about sex

Chapter 32

Chapter 1 Our Cultural Advantage on Gay Issues
In the thousands of years of our country's history, there has never been a record of cruel persecution of homosexuals; no one has ever been sentenced to death for homosexual activities; public opinion has always been relatively mild towards homosexuality.

Our country's backwardness in modern times makes the people of our country feel sad, so that some people think that we are "inferior" in all aspects.In fact, ancient Chinese culture has many precious heritages. For example, in terms of the concept of dealing with homosexuality, ancient Chinese sexual culture has cultural advantages compared with Western culture.

Many other cultures, including Western countries, have experienced severe persecution of homosexuals in history, and the most extreme phenomenon even has the death penalty.Compared with Western society, China's social environment and cultural traditions have their own advantages on the issue of homosexuality: In the thousands of years of our country's history, there has never been a record of cruel persecution of homosexuality; no one has ever been sentenced to death for homosexual activities (" There were some exceptions during the "Cultural Revolution" period, which should be treated as special cases of extraordinary times and not typical); public opinion has always been relatively mild towards homosexuality.

In the 4000-year history of our country, there are a lot of records about homosexuality in official history and unofficial history. Records of historical figures and stories such as Jun (Warring States).According to historical records, Lord Longyang "flushed the pillow mat" for King Wei; Mi Zixia and Duke Ling of Wei "divided the peaches and ate them"; Rise up your sleeves."Later generations used words such as "Longyang", "Yu Tao" and "Duanxiu" to allude to homosexuality.Mr. Pan Guangdan checked the history books and found out the historical fact that "almost every emperor in the former Han Dynasty had a homosexual partner".Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty favored Deng Tong and gave him the right to mine Tongshan to mint coins. Deng Tong became richer than a prince and became the man who benefited the most from "color" in Chinese history.The laws of the Ming and Qing dynasties prohibited officials from prostitution and prostitution, so they turned to boys to find an "alternative way out."

There are descriptions of homosexuality in many novels in Chinese history, such as "Dream of Red Mansions", "Jin Ping Mei", etc., and there is even a book "Pin Hua Bao Jian", which completely focuses on describing homosexuality in the Likuo world.In modern my country, homosexuality is called "masculine style", also known as "southern style", because this style is "especially worse in Fujian, Guangzhou and Vietnam".Gay men call each other Qige Qidi; lesbians worship Jinlan.Gao Luopei also noticed that the Qing Dynasty was tolerant of homosexuality and stricter towards heterosexuality: "The social rules at that time did not affect the public performance of these relationships (men walking hand in hand in the street, child molestation in theater performances, etc.) Tolerance, on the contrary, strictly limits heterosexuality to the scope of private life." His observation is remarkable.

In my opinion, the historical and cultural reasons for the current Chinese society’s attitude towards homosexuality are roughly as follows: First, most Chinese people have no religious beliefs, and often judge people and things based on secular common sense and intuition. Since homosexuality does not harm others, it has nothing to do with others, so it will not have too harsh a view on sexuality; second, Chinese culture emphasizes the value of fertility, because homosexual activities will not lead to fertility, so it is easy to be ignored. Third, this attitude may be related to the national character of the Chinese people: Chinese culture has a long history and deep roots, so Chinese people have always been very confident in their own culture, and never worry about being rejected by other cultures or subcultures. assimilated.People tend to be dismissive of cultures different from their own, rather than cruelly persecuting it.It is undeniable that our society is still a society where heterosexual hegemony prevails, and gay subculture, as a minority culture, is still suppressed by mainstream culture.I'm just saying that compared with Western culture, Chinese culture still has historical and cultural advantages in dealing with issues such as homosexuality.

If we can make good use of these historical heritage and cultural traditions, we can not only improve China's image of human rights, but also set an example for other countries and people in the world to properly handle the relationship between subculture and mainstream culture, making China stand out on this issue. Get there first, without having to follow the advanced countries in everything, like a schoolboy.In this respect, we can indeed be other people's teachers and advanced, why not?Foucault has long compared China's sexual culture with ancient Greece, ancient Egypt, and ancient Japan, and believes that we have advantages that the West does not have, so why don't we do our part and make good use of it?

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