Aspin Clive, Hutchings Jessica
National Institute of Research Excellence for Maori Development and Advancement, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Cult Health Sex. 2007 Jul-Aug;9(4):415-27. doi: 10.1080/13691050701195119.
For hundreds of years, indigenous peoples have struggled to resist the imposition of Western, colonialist views of sexuality. Today, this tension continues as religious bodies attempt to impose a form of sexuality and sexual expression that derives from narrow fundamental interpretations of religious scripture. For the Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, the struggle to resist this imposition has a long history, which continues today. This paper draws on historical accounts including oral histories, depictions of Maori sexuality that reside in art forms such as carvings and archival material in order to describe Maori sexuality as it was lived and experienced in pre-European times. More recent information from the Maori Sexuality Project is used to inform these historical records. Together, these historical and contemporary sources provide a view of Maori sexuality that contrasts strongly with the view espoused by some Christian churches. Our understanding of Maori sexuality indicates that Maori were traditionally accepting of sexual diversity and difference and sought to embrace these elements of sexuality rather than to exclude them. The implications of these findings for the sexual rights and health of indigenous peoples, as well as for the ongoing development of Maori communities, is discussed.
数百年来，原住民一直在努力抵制西方殖民主义的性观念。如今，这种紧张关系仍在持续，因为宗教团体试图强加一种源于对宗教经文狭隘原教旨主义解读的性取向和性表达方式。对于新西兰的原住民毛利人来说，抵制这种强加的斗争由来已久，且延续至今。本文借鉴了包括口述历史在内的历史记载、雕刻等艺术形式中对毛利人性取向的描绘以及档案资料，以描述欧洲人到来之前毛利人的性取向及实际情况。毛利人性取向项目的最新信息也被用于丰富这些历史记录。这些历史和当代资料共同呈现出的毛利人性取向观点，与一些基督教教会所支持的观点形成了强烈对比。我们对毛利人性取向的理解表明，毛利人传统上接受性取向的多样性和差异，并试图接纳性取向的这些元素而非排斥它们。本文还讨论了这些发现对原住民性权利和健康以及毛利社区持续发展的影响。
