Miller A M
Law and Policy Project, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Health Hum Rights. 2000;4(2):68-109.
Although the term "sexual rights" has gained widespread currency, its concrete scope and content have not yet been fully defined. The need for definition is critical not only for promoting governmental accountability but also for ensuring that sexual rights can be claimed by diverse persons around the world. Ironically, the concept of "sexual and reproductive rights" poses a challenge to this effort; practices and people not traditionally addressed by reproductive rights work must be explicitly named and protected. This article considers how international norms have contributed to a gendered regulation of sexuality and of contemporary theories of "socially constructed sexuality," and it proposes a focus on the conditions that contribute to the ability to choose and on the links between sexuality, conduct, identity, social structures, and reproduction. Given the probable politically charged responses, global coalition-building is needed.
尽管“性权利”一词已广泛使用，但其具体范围和内容尚未完全界定。进行定义不仅对促进政府问责至关重要，而且对于确保世界各地不同的人能够主张性权利也很关键。具有讽刺意味的是，“性与生殖权利”概念给这一努力带来了挑战；传统上生殖权利工作未涉及的做法和人群必须得到明确认定和保护。本文探讨了国际规范如何促成了对性取向的性别化规范以及当代“社会建构的性取向”理论，并提议关注有助于选择能力的条件以及性取向、行为、身份认同、社会结构和生殖之间的联系。鉴于可能引发充满政治意味的反应，需要建立全球联盟。
