ABSTRACT:In Islamic jurisprudence, numerous wrongful acts of behavior are regarded as haram—sinful, illicit, prohibited, and unlawful. Such wrongful behavior can take many forms, with illicit sexuality constituting one of the major categories. Because heterosexual marital sex is the only licit form of sexual behavior according to Islamic jurisprudence, the potential for men to engage in zina, or illicit sexuality, is quite high. Although there are many "sinners," Islam is not a religion that promotes individual confession. Muslim clerics generally do not take on a pastoral role as confessor, hearing individuals' confessions of sin or offering forgiveness. Furthermore, religious forms of testimony, of the kind promoted in some Christian evangelical denominations, are not a part of the Islamic religious tradition. As a result, Muslims who have "sinned" do not have religiously sanctioned or socially condoned ways of unburdening their asrar, or "secrets," including through support groups or psychotherapy. To that end, this article explores Arab Muslim men's asrar jinsiyia, or "sexual secrets," as well as their felt needs to unburden their feelings of guilt and shame. Through reproductive life histories undertaken in IVF clinics across the Middle East and Arab America, the anthropologist author—as a "sexually knowledgeable" female Western duktura—has listened to numerous sinful stories, involving excessive masturbation, premarital and extramarital sex, acquisition of sexually transmitted infections, out-of-wedlock conceptions, and the use of donor sperm. Because IVF ethnography takes place in private clinic settings, and involves discussion of the most intimate realms of male sexuality and reproduction, it becomes a site of confession, a mode of self-examination in which men attempt to reveal themselves. This piece explores the place of IVF ethnography as an ethnographic confessional—a safe space in which Muslim men may admit their past indiscretions for the first time and with cathartic relief.

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伊斯兰教、性与罪恶：试管婴儿民族志作为穆斯林男性的忏悔

摘要：在伊斯兰法学中，许多不法行为被视为 haram——有罪的、非法的、禁止的和非法的。这种不法行为可以有多种形式，其中非法性行为是主要类别之一。因为根据伊斯兰教法，异性恋婚姻是唯一合法的性行为形式，所以男性从事 zina 或非法性行为的可能性非常高。虽然有很多“罪人”，但伊斯兰教并不是提倡个人认罪的宗教。穆斯林神职人员通常不担任忏悔者的牧师角色，听取个人的认罪或提供宽恕。此外，某些基督教福音派教派所提倡的宗教见证形式，并不是伊斯兰宗教传统的一部分。因此，“犯了罪”的穆斯林没有宗教认可或社会纵容的方式来减轻他们的 asrar 或“秘密”的负担，包括通过支持团体或心理治疗。为此，本文探讨了阿拉伯穆斯林男性的 asrar jinsiyia，或“性秘密”，以及他们摆脱内疚和羞耻感的感觉需要。通过在中东和阿拉伯美洲的试管婴儿诊所进行的生殖生活史，人类学家作者——作为一个“性知识渊博”的女性西方杜克图拉——听过无数罪恶的故事，涉及过度手淫、婚前和婚外性行为、获得性传播感染、非婚生子和捐赠精子的使用。因为试管婴儿民族志发生在私人诊所环境中，并涉及对男性性欲和生殖最私密领域的讨论，它成为忏悔的场所，一种男性试图揭示自己的自我反省模式。这篇文章探讨了试管婴儿民族志作为民族志忏悔室的地位——一个安全的空间，穆斯林男人可以在其中第一次承认他们过去的轻率行为，并得到宣泄。