Li Yinhe talks about sex

Chapter 13 Sexual Beauty

Sexual behavior occupies a particularly awkward position in Chinese culture. To put it bluntly, Chinese people are quite "perverted" when it comes to sexuality, that is, they have no sense of normalcy.

Probably only in a few cultures like Chinese culture, which I would like to call "over-civilized", the question of whether sex is beautiful or ugly-because of too much education and too long, we are far from human nature. The state (the state of the animal or livestock) is getting farther and farther away.In our culture, the most serious and frequently used swear words are referring to someone as a "beast"; primary sexual characteristics (genital organs), secondary sexual characteristics (physical sex characteristics, such as beards, breasts) Sexual characteristics (decorative gender characteristics, such as hair and clothing) should be concealed as much as possible, or at least not emphasized, because they tend to expose or emphasize human animal characteristics.

Sexual behavior therefore occupies a particularly embarrassing position in Chinese culture. To put it bluntly, Chinese people are quite "perverted" when it comes to sexuality, that is, they have no sense of normalcy.Since we are civilized people with profound morality, we should try our best to stay away from all kinds of animal activities. Sexual activities are such activities that are very close to animal nature.But people have this kind of animal instinct (Chinese people are particularly reluctant to admit this), and society and families must reproduce through this activity (Chinese people are very willing to emphasize this point, as if this is the "justification" of sexual activity).So it was very embarrassing, so it was very abnormal, so I lost my sense of normalcy.This kind of excessive civilization makes us feel that sexual activities or certain forms and postures in sexual activities are ugly. People who don't like this kind of activities have a sense of moral superiority; people who like this kind of activities have a sense of debauchery. .Both feelings are abnormal, both lack common sense, and both lack the natural beauty of a natural human activity.

However, in modern Chinese society, a group of women who have a natural sense of beauty about human sexuality and sexual activities have grown up. In them, we can see the hope that Chinese culture can restore normalcy on sexual issues.One of my survey respondents said this: "The satisfaction of sexual life is an artistic feeling, which is connected with music, painting, art, and poetry. If two people have cultivation in this area, it will increase the sexual satisfaction. Enjoyment. Taking into account the color and lighting of the surrounding environment, the mood echoes with the environment, which is the best. Some people may think, I don’t want to be an artist, why should I be educated in aesthetics? In fact, when people are doing this, It is the crystallization of creating people, intelligence, sensitivity, and aesthetic sense are very important.”

When Chinese people are able to appreciate the beauty of sexual activities naturally and frankly like these women, they will have a sense of normalcy on this issue, and their lives will become more normal and beautiful.

(End of this chapter)