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【2002.06.02 格林尼治標準時間16:00北京時間00:00發表 】

瑞士限制墮胎的法律非常嚴厲

瑞士選民在星期天舉行的全民投票中，以壓倒性的多數對墮胎非刑事化的改革提案投了贊成票。

72%的選民支持由瑞士議會在去年三月通過的一項建議，該建議允許孕婦在懷孕的前十二周內墮胎。

82%的選民拒絕了由反墮胎聯盟提出的另外一項建議收緊有關墮胎的法規的提案。
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【2010.02.02  By Mandy Stadtmiller】

Who would hire the first legal male hooker in the country?
A desperate spinster? A lonely divorcee? A New York Post reporter on undercover assignment?
Answer: All of the above. This month, as Nevada anointed the country’s first-ever legal male prostitute — in the form of “Markus,” a 25-year-old beefy ex-Marine — it became incredibly clear that one thing had to happen immediately.
The Post had to have a go at this gigolo.
SEE THE PHOTOS
A $500 cash advance, an overnight flight to Vegas and a 2 1/2-hour car ride later, I arrive at the brothel. I’m sweaty, stinky and pumped from listening to “lite-romance” radio. Because truly: Nothing gets you in the mood for a legal male hooker like “Wind Beneath My Wings.”
At 3 p.m., I arrive at the appropriately titled Shady Lady Ranch for my two-hour booking (Prices: $200 for 40 minutes, $300 for one hour. And sorry, ladies — he can’t go back to back “because he puts so much into it”).
The scene: mostly dust, sunlight and sadness. That, and the occasional sign about the importance of using latex condoms.
“Markus” (real name: Patrick) greets me in glasses, a satin blue shirt and slacks, and leads me to a bedroom where we sit opposite each other as I fumble for the cash out of my “Precious Moments” pocketbook.
“First thing we do is visual inspection,” explains the dorky college dropout who later confesses I am only his second client, he has been with a total of six women in his life, and, to be perfectly honest, he lost his virginity at 23.
“So,” Markus says after leaning over and kissing my knee, “we’re going to get undressed and then take a shower. Then we can both inspect each other to make sure there are no discrepancies.”
Minutes later, as we’re standing naked in the shower, he’s examining me like a second-rate gynecologist and nodding.
“Yeah,” he murmurs, cooing that I’m “practically” an 8 or a 9. “Everything looks great down there.”
Oh. My. God.
Over the next two hours, Markus shares his personal bits, too. Originally from Hatton, Ala., he felt abandoned by his mother after his parents divorced at an early age. (This is why, he says, he got into male prostitution, to find the intimacy that he lacked.)
In addition to comparing himself to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks (“I’m breaking through sexual segregation”), he also identifies with Lady Gaga (“I’m a performer”), van Gogh (“I’m an artist”) and Moby (“I’m an eccentric”). Before becoming America’s first legal “prosti-dude,” Markus dabbled in porn while he lived in Los Angeles but quit after just two scenes because he found it too degrading to women.
Also, he was homeless for a few months before he learned about this fantastic opportunity to become a sex-worker pioneer at Shady Lady.
To explain my visit, I tell him I don’t have much luck with men, watch a lot of porn, want to learn more and would be delighted if he simply “put on a show” for me.
Now, to answer the question on your mind: No. I did not sleep with him.
It was like a bad second date. That cost $500.
“You have a beautiful body,” he tells me. He kisses my back. “You even taste good,” he says. Then he brings out his little “trick box,” as he calls it, but such is his luck today, he can’t find the lubricant he says is crackerjack for making women climax.
Not so fast, Markus.
“Why don’t you give me a massage?” I say.
He says he’s never had an STD and doesn’t worry about getting women pregnant (“because you can feel it when a condom breaks”). He repeatedly asks to show me his abilities and flicks out his scarily Gene Simmons-esque tongue which totally turns me off. Who wants a man this eager?
“I’m not a hooker,” he says repeatedly. “I’m a surrogate lover.”
While Merril Bainbridge’s “When I Kiss Your Mouth” plays embarrassingly in the background (I did not make out with him), we’re interrupted by the sound of an occasional honk from a peacock roaming outside and, from the lobby, the intermittent sounds of giggling female hookers.
His recently shaved body is quite fit (he works out daily at the brothel, where he lives) and covered in tattoos, including a Chinese character meaning “to seek.” He is 5-foot-9, and, um, very well-endowed.
I have so many questions. “Do you use Viagra?”
“No Viagra,” he says. “No Enzyte.” And he says he doesn’t date outside of work. “I won’t be able to perform.”
When I ask Markus why he waited so long to have sex (remember: he lost it at 23), he says it’s because “no one wanted me.”
How funny, I observe, that he became a male prostitute.
“I think there was a definite plan,” he says.
“Like . . . ?” I ask. Yes, he says. Like a divine plan. Destiny.
In case it ever comes up, Markus says he’s learned much of his sexual technique from the “Karma Sutra,” and the reason he’s such a good lover is because he was “sensory deprived” by his mother.
“I’ve healed people,” he says of his lovemaking ability, which most recently included his first client — a 45-year-old woman who hadn’t been laid in two years and in Markus’ words “was wild as a bug.”
He also loves cooking French cuisine. Favorite meal: chicken cordon bleu.
“I love being caressed,” he says.
“You know that Chris Rock joke,” I ask him, “about how all a father wants to do is keep his daughter off the pole? You’re like the male equivalent. All a mom wants to do is keep her kid from becoming a gigolo.”
He laughs. He reveals his fantasy that he would love to be roughed up by a lady cop with her baton. In the hot tub, he says he likes to be spanked and told he’s a bad little boy.
At some point, for comedic effect, I say, “Come to mama.”
“I don’t believe in therapy,” he says as he holds my hand in the red heart-shaped whirlpool while he lights the vanilla candles around us. “I think this is therapy.”
I ask him again about the Viagra. Because . . . surely?
“No,” he says. “I just have to have attention, you know.
“Touch me all you want,” he continues. “You’re not getting the full experience, I’m telling you.”
As romantic as that sounds, I tell him how much it turns me on to hear about something romantic. He looks genuinely befuddled. “Let me think,” he says. “Like what, like being on a horse ranch?”
He tells me that if you can “pronunciate” words well, it means you are great at pleasuring a woman.
He’s half Irish, a quarter Native American, a quarter Scandinavian and all lover. Favorite book: “1984.” Favorite movie: “Braveheart.” Actor he’s like: “Steve-O.” Musician he’s like: “Moby,” or — wait for it — “Choppin” (meaning Chopin).
“The concept of beauty has changed over the years,” he continues. “It’s like the cave paintings. Venus de Milo. It used to be the voluptuous woman,” he says as he eyes me up and down.
Hold up, hold up. “Did you just call me fat?” I ask.
Then he asks me to spank him.
“Maybe you should go to a dominatrix psychologist?” I helpfully suggest. “No,” he says. “I’m in paradise.”
After a long talk, a massage and his repeated pleadings to caress him, the two hours are up (he went 10 minutes over but still wanted to give me another massage so I had to call time) and the session ends.
As he escorts me outside, he just wants to know: Did he satisfy me?
“Uh,” I say, “yeah. Sure.”
Markus starts to walk me to my car and an older man — Jim Davis, the madam’s husband — stops him. “You got your stuff to do,” he reminds him.
Markus has taught me so much. About what a gigolo should never, ever, ever do. “Women don’t want sex so much as companionship,” he concludes. “Women can be a prostitute. But not men.”
Sure, Markus.
Whatever gets you through the night.
mstadtmiller @nypost.com

【2004.08.25 聯合報 編譯朱邦賢／綜合荷蘭登黑德二十三日電】

荷蘭墮胎諮詢船「隆準號」在訪問愛爾蘭和波蘭引發爭議後，正準備開往葡萄牙。葡萄牙是虔誠的天主教國家，法律對墮胎的限制十分嚴格，這艘海上墮胎診所前往訪問，使葡萄牙各界側目。

蕾貝嘉．龔柏茲醫生說：「在葡萄牙，墮胎是很大的禁忌話題。但願我們往訪會重新引發激辯。」龔柏茲一九九九年成立「乘風破浪婦女基金會」，管理「隆準號」。
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【2002.12.22  ETtoday   中央社台北22日電】

中國國民黨籍立法委員江綺雯22日上午表示，婦女身體自主權重要，但嬰兒生存權也要重視，每年生出來的嬰兒數目和墮胎嬰兒數目接近，墮胎氾濫問題必須要正視，這是社會上各個宗教、社會團體的強烈共識。

立法院衛生環境及社會福利委員會明天排定審查江綺雯（高雄市）提出的優生保健法部分條文修正草案，草案中嚴格限制人工流產前要接受合格心理師或精神專科醫師輔導二小時以上，經六天等待期，才能施行人工流產。台灣團結聯盟籍立委陳建銘（台北市）和婦女團體代表上午在立法院舉行記者會，表示反對這項草案審查。
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【2002.12.22  ETtoday   中央社台北22日電】

台灣團結聯盟籍立法委員陳建銘和台灣女人連線理事長黃淑英等人22日上午批評中國國民黨籍立法委員江綺雯等人提出的優生保健法修正草案嚴格限制人工流產的條款，要婦女看精神科醫師才能人工流產，是歧視婦女的作法，他們認為減少墮胎要從性教育、避孕著手。

立法院衛生環境及社會福利委員會明天審查江綺雯（高雄市）提出的優生保健法部分條文修正草案，草案中嚴格限制人工流產前要接受合格心理師或精神專科醫師輔導二小時以上，經六天等待期，才能施行人工流產。陳建銘（台北市）上午在立法院舉行記者會，邀請相關人士一起表示反對這項草案審查。
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【2002.12.23 聯合報 記者潘彥妃／台北報導】

立法院今天將審理「優生保健法」修法，由於立委江綺雯等提案修法，要求未來要施行人工流產的女性，必須先經過精神科專科醫師或合格心理師輔導兩小時，再等待六天，取得證明後才能合法人工流產。婦女團體和台灣婦產科醫學會昨天緊急舉行記者會，抨擊此「宗教版」法案歧視女人做決定權利；且只會讓這些女性因顧慮多一層曝光的機會，轉而尋求密醫或自行買藥墮胎。

對於立委所提修法，衛生署國民健康局副局長林秀娟表示，理想很好、但實務上有困難，首先便是精神科醫師和心理師的人力不足以因應，衛生署認為可修改成由醫師、心理師、社工師、或衛生所人員等事前輔導，比較可行。

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【2002.12.23 自由時報  記者黃維助╱台北報導】

國民黨立委江綺雯昨天就「優生保健法部分條文修正草案」引發的爭議澄清指出，這次修正限制墮胎的相關條件，並非歧視婦女的身體自主權，而是希望外界也能夠正視嬰兒的生存權，尤其台灣已邁入老化社會，現在每年出生的嬰兒數和墮胎數接近，如何抑制墮胎情況惡化下去，需要大家共同來關心。
對於這項草案，江綺雯進一步表示，朝野立委共有九十九人連署提案，「這件案子並非我一人提出」，而且墮胎代表殺生，修正草案規定人工流產之前接受合格的心理師或者是精神專科醫師輔導，是希望要施行人工流產的婦女，先行確認其對生命的認知，這也是多位宗教領袖一致認同的看法。

【2002.12.23 自由時報  記者項程鎮╱台北報導】

台聯立委陳建銘昨天召開記者會指出，立院衛生環境及社會福利委員會今天將審查國民黨立委江綺雯所提出的「優生保健法部分條文修正草案」，草案對人工流產進行嚴格限制，有藉機推展宗教教義、影響婦女權益嫌疑，他要求停審或延期處理。

共同與會的「台灣婦產科醫學會」秘書長謝卿宏表示，根據相關統計，台灣每年只有八萬四千多位婦女墮胎，可是江版草案的立院議案關係文書卻宣稱每年墮胎人數高達五十萬人，讓人覺得草案的數據相當草率。

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【2010.01.22 】

BEATTY, Nev. (AP) — A brothel in a Nevada desert town has hired the state’s first male prostitute, a muscular college dropout who abandoned a brief stint as a porn actor in Los Angeles to become the only legal gigolo in the United States.
The Shady Lady Ranch successfully won state and county approval to clear the way for the “prostidude,” as Nevada’s newest sex worker is already being called. After a slow first week on the job, his first appointments are scheduled for this weekend.

The male prostitute — known as “Markus” — has quickly become the center of attention in Nevada’s brothel industry.

He has been criticized by female counterparts for not being willing to have sex with men. And he created a dustup after telling Details magazine that his pioneering role in the sex business was “just the same” as civil rights icon Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus during racial segregation in the U.S. South. Since those remarks, he has been forbidden from doing interviews.

Prostitution is illegal in nearly all of the United States but is legal in parts of the western state of Nevada, though not in its most famous city, Las Vegas.

Competing brothel owners fret that hiring gigolos in Nevada will bring unwanted scrutiny from state officials, potentially tempting them to make prostitution illegal. The competitors have also expressed concerns about sexually transmitted diseases, and worry that female customers can’t be inspected as carefully as men are before sex.

Markus, 25, described himself as a well-read college dropout and former U.S. Marine from Alabama. He said he drove to Los Angeles to become a porn actor and left after filming two scenes, the first about a month ago. He said he ended up in a homeless shelter near Santa Monica, Calif., after being unable to find another job.

Shady Lady madam Bobbi Davis picked him from about 10 potential hires culled from hundreds of applications, many featuring crude inquiries, according to her husband and co-owner, Jim. Part of Markus’ appeal was that he was not afraid to deal with heavy publicity.

“Whichever woman may walk through that door, she’s appreciated,” Markus said in his Details interview. “A surrogate lover will love that woman for a whole hour, or however much we charge here, and she’ll leave feeling much more empowered and much more confident in herself.”

Jim Davis told the Associated Press that after reading the article, he and his wife decided that Markus doing interviews was bad for business. Bobbi Davis declined an interview with the AP. The Davises declined to give Markus’ real name, which is a customary practice for sex workers in Nevada.

Davis said the Shady Lady had received dozens of e-mails expressing interest in the gigolo. He said it took years to establish steady business from truckers, salesmen and other travelers after the brothel opened 17 years ago, and getting paying female customers could take at least a month.

“This is a business — if (Bobbi Davis) didn’t think she could make more money, she wouldn’t have done it,” Davis said. “Why else would she start something like this?

“And if she knew what she was getting into, she probably wouldn’t have,” he said.

The yellow-painted Shady Lady compound is more than 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Beatty — an unincorporated township of fewer than 1,200 people between Las Vegas and Reno.

The small, fenced-in brothel includes a French-themed foyer that displays a pricing menu — $200 for 40 minutes, $300 per hour. It sits on 40 acres of mostly empty land the Davises originally bought for $11,000, Davis said.

Three connected bedrooms are distinctly decorated. One has a heart-shaped hot tub in its bathroom, another has an Asian theme. The brothel’s newest space is a disconnected cottage that looks like a roomy studio, with a kitchenette, a wooden bathtub in the bedroom and armrests on the toilet. The cottage cost $50,000 to build, Davis said.

Markus plans to use the cottage.

“It won’t be successful,” said Arie Mack Moore, owner of the Angel’s Ladies Brothel, just north of Beatty. “You can’t have both (male and female prostitutes) in the same building or adjacent to each other, in my opinion.”

Moore claims his business has picked up since Markus was hired, with customers saying they wanted to avoid the Shady Lady because of Markus.

A 22-year-old prostitute at Angel’s Ladies named “Cuddles” said Markus’ unwillingness to see gay males makes the Shady Lady seem sexist and discriminatory. Her brothel services women.

“How can you just turn down services because of what someone’s preference is? It comes with the territory. It comes with the business,” she said.

Davis said that he and his wife aren’t interested in establishing a gay male clientele, but it will be up to Markus to decide whether to accept men as customers. Davis said Markus told him that he wouldn’t perform for male customers.

“All this gay homophobia in this country is horrible,” Davis said. “Everybody’s so damn scared two men might have sex — it’s happening every day in Las Vegas. Not going to happen here, but that’s all the big fear, is gay people.”

George Flint, a longtime lobbyist for the Nevada Brothel Owners Association, said allowing a male prostitute creates legitimate health concerns. Male customers are thoroughly cleaned and inspected for signs of disease before sex at Nevada’s brothels, and he doesn’t believe the same “fanaticism” is possible when checking female customers.

He also worries about the ramifications for the six other brothels in Nye County and the 24 total in Nevada.

“We got an industry in this state right now that’s got an investment of somewhere between $50 million and $75 million,” Flint said. “And yet Bobbi’s in the catbird seat right now where her antics and her procedures and her demands and her goals could potentially bruise an entire multimillion-dollar-a-year industry.”

Flint said he believed the Shady Lady Ranch, which is not a part of his association, could see a temporary wave of curious female customers, but the experiment will ultimately fail.

“I think she truly believes that it’s a viable effort, and I’m wondering after four or five days and there haven’t been any takers, if she’s beginning to wonder if maybe she was wrong,” Flint said. “You and I and the rest of the world can sit and debate this damn thing until hell freezes over, but if nobody shows up at her front door, what’s it proved?”

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

【編按】青少年性知識不足，不是口上說說就算了，不傳授性知識的責任還是在成人啊，老怪小孩兒沒學好，去不反省沒處可學才是問題所在。至於RU486的濫用，也是整個用藥知識、資訊不足的問題，能怪得了那些藥物需求者嗎？

另外針對這個叫【男人多一套】的說法，同樣是社會文化論述的問題，而不是要把矛頭指向社會中的某些人，否則這個問題沒解決，先引來對立與矛盾，又有何益。

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