成人保健(Sex Shop)

        受中国传统文化教育影响，原来在中国几乎没有几个夫妻敢勇敢地走进性保健用品店。由于18岁以下禁止入内，在很小的时候我还曾问过妈妈“里面是做什么的？”，“为什么不让我进？”之类可笑的问题。那时妈妈只是拉着我很快的走开然后编造一个美丽的谎言，不给我正面的回答。直到长大我自己才真正明白什么是成人保健用品店，但也和我的父母当年一样，基本上是一个人不会进去，就算需要进去挑东西时还是会很不好意思，最大胆的时候，也只是因为和好几个朋友起哄才一起进去逛一下。更夸张的是有时看见摆在超市收银台附近出售的保险套，我和朋友们还都不忘互相取笑一下，“要不要顺便来一个啊？”仅仅是互相调侃遍一笑了之。不知道是我和我的周围人太保守还是大多数中国人就是同我一样的。都说西方人这方面很开放，他们到底有多大的尺度，会不会也有和我们一样保守的人呢？

        Peeking out amongst the markets, restaurants, and business venues of China's biggest cities are small shops with signs that firmly but respectfully declare, "成人保健." These stores sell "adult goods" of a sexual nature, a subject long taboo in the Chinese culture. Like in some Western nations, only those over the age of eighteen are allowed entry, but – according to my Chinese friends – the cultural limitations go even a step beyond that. There is still a strong negative stigma associated with entering one of these shops and most are too embarrassed to do more than joke about what they might see inside. It seems that some Western parents (not all, but some) are much more open about discussing what it is that their children are being barred from viewing – not granting their children entry, of course, but merely quenching their children's curiosity. However, information becoming increasingly essential for sexual health and safety as it is, the dissemination in China of the basics regarding what lay behind the doors of these shops is becoming more crucial and widespread.    

成人保健chéng rén bǎo jiàn          成人chéng rén          保健bǎo jiàn         
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