台湾世居少数民族的性禁忌及其信仰习俗

The Sexual Taboos and Folk Beliefs of Aboriginal People in Taiwan

从人类学的角度来说,性禁忌是一种较为普遍的文化现象。实际上,某种性行为本身并不是禁忌,关键要看它发生的时间、场合和对象。对于台湾世居少数民族来说,和生产、宗教、作战有关的诸多性行为禁忌是非常普遍的,有些族群甚至禁止与异性的一切接触,这对他们的思维方式和日常生活产生了不容忽视的影响。性禁忌观念虽然产生于迷信思想,但在实践的层面上也起着规范族群内部男女性关系的作用。

For many ethnic groups, there are almost no taboos against the sexual behavior. They forbid it as dangerous, feculent or sacred. Generally, sex itself is not taboo. The key lies in when and where it happens, and to whom. However, the aboriginal people in Taiwan all have their own sexual taboos, and their understanding of sexual taboos has gone through a process from mystery to rationalization. Though, many sexual taboos of aboriginal people originated from superstition, they played an important role as moral norms regulating people＇ s sexual behavior in the real life.