無性之愛：性化社會下的無性戀經驗探究

近來，「無性戀」（asexuality）逐漸引起學術研究興趣，然由於仍在權輿發軔的階段，相關研究相對不足，國內研究更是付之闕如，不僅社會大眾，甚至性/別研究領域都對無性戀理解有限。　　本研究援引「認識論社群」（epistemological communities）概念，策略性地定義出無性戀主體，並以經驗描述句增納擁有相關經驗但並未建立認同的潛在主體。透過深度訪談法取徑，對六位研究參與者的生命經驗進行敘說分析，以理解其經驗與性階序之間的關係。希冀藉由在地無性戀經驗的呈現，探討既有性/別理論與實際經驗的斷裂，從而思考理論修正的可能方向，並豐富既有的文化資源。　　研究發現，無性戀經驗位於難以被既有論述言說出來的處境中，雖然充滿了異質性，卻同樣在當代的性社會中，面臨著不同性正典的壓迫；儘管她/他們透過性協商進行微型抵抗，但這些有性/無性實踐的複雜內含意義，卻往往被簡化。藉由武斷的性定義，性社會收編了部分的無性實踐者，並以去性化論述將之歸為被壓抑的冤大頭，從而抹除了無性的可能；至於那些難以收編的，則以醫療論述劃成病態異類。在這樣的部署下，意圖解放性壓迫的性/別論述最終竟與性社會匯流，共同治理了這些對正典性行為不感興趣的主體。據此呼籲：性/別研究若欲解放性壓迫，應該跳出保守vs.解放的二元對立框架，含納無性戀觀點，以重新理解「無性」在顛覆性階序上的基進力量。

關鍵字

無性戀；性；性階序；性身分；性政治

並列摘要

Asexuality is beginning to receive attention of academe recently. However, it has been studied sparingly, and is still little-known to not only public but gender studies. 　　 This study defined asexual subjects strategically by citing the concept of epistemological communities, and used descriptions of experiences to recruit non-self-identified asexuals. In-depth interview was the main approach in this study, and I used narrative analysis to analyze six research participants’ life stories, to understand the relation between their experiences and sex hierarchy. According to the representation of asexual experiences, I hope we can deliberate the possible directions to fix theories and enrich our cultural resources, by exploring the disjuncture between sexual/gender theories and practical experiences. 　　 The findings show that it's difficult to articulate what asexual experiences are by current discourses. In contemporary sexualized society, asexuals are oppressed by different sexual normativities. Although they use sexual negotiation as micro-resistance, the complex connotations of sexual/non-sexual practices are frequently simplified. The sexualized society removes the possibility of asexuality by defining sex arbitrarily, incorporating some asexuals by calling them ‘dumb who are repressed’ with desexualization discourses, and pathologizing the rest by medical discourses. Ironically, the sexual/gender discourses aim to liberate sexuality now cooperate with the sexualized society in governing subjects out of normative sexuality. In a word, we should get rid of the dichotomous framework of sexual repression/liberation, and rethink the radical force of asexuality for subverting the sex hierarchy.

並列關鍵字

asexuality ； sexuality ； sex hierarchy ； sexual identity ； sexual politics

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