Benagiano Giuseppe, Carrara Sabina, Filippi Valentina
Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Urology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2012 Oct;17(5):329-39. doi: 10.3109/13625187.2012.702810.
To investigate the evolving relationship between sexuality and family formation. New family units exist today whose impact on society needs to be explored.
For each main area researched (anthropology, biology, sociology, sexology, ethics) we identified articles dealing with family formation, sexuality and reproduction using PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google, religious websites and texts.
The three monotheistic religions and the cultures derived from these have considered sexuality as focused on reproduction. Presently, sexuality has acquired new dimensions, independent from reproduction, as contraception and IVF have separated procreation and sexuality. Thus, the very concept of family has been expanded and so-called 'unusual families' have proved not to be a danger per se for children born and raised within them.
Human sexuality has moved away from having a purely reproductive function, but remains a powerful bond keeping families together, irrespective of the gender identity and the biological links of their members. Even among traditional societies, different types of families exist and the situation has become more complex as technical developments have made parenthood possible for people who in the past were excluded from it.
探讨性与家庭形成之间不断演变的关系。当今存在一些新的家庭单位，其对社会的影响有待探索。
对于每个研究的主要领域（人类学、生物学、社会学、性学、伦理学），我们使用PubMed、ScienceDirect、谷歌、宗教网站和文本，找出涉及家庭形成、性与生殖的文章。
三大一神论宗教及其衍生的文化都认为性主要是为了生殖。目前，随着避孕和体外受精将生育与性分离开来，性有了独立于生殖的新维度。因此，家庭的概念得到了扩展，事实证明，所谓的“特殊家庭”本身并不会对在其中出生和成长的孩子构成危险。
人类的性已不再仅仅具有生殖功能，但仍然是维系家庭的强大纽带，无论家庭成员的性别认同和生物学联系如何。即使在传统社会中，也存在不同类型的家庭，而且随着技术发展使过去被排除在外的人也能够生育，情况变得更加复杂。
