Eileen Hoffman, M.D.
If
omnye wakhathazeka ukuqaphela, siza kubona ukuba uninzi iingxelo malunga
"ubundlobongela" ngamabali ngokwenene malunga "namadoda anobundlobongela." Yiyo i
singatsho ukuba abafazi abanabundlobongela. Kuphela nje ukuba ukongamela kwamadoda ku
kakhulu. Ukanti ezi ziganeko sithetha ngazo ngolwimi olungakhethi cala ngokwesini njenge
ubundlobongela "besikolo", okanye ubundlobongela "beshumi elivisayo", okanye "usuku
trader" ubundlobongela. Kuyanika umdla ukucinga ukuba kutheni ukuziphatha njalo
echongwa ngokucacileyo ngesini esinye kuthethwa ngaso ngaphandle kokubhekisa kuloo nto
isini. Amava am kukuba ulwimi olungathathi hlangothi ngokwesini lusetyenziswa ukuchaza
ukuziphatha xa kucingwa ukuba yinto eqhelekileyo.
Nini
ingxoxo igxile amadoda, ngokuqinisekileyo igxile indima
testosterone ekuqhubeni ubundlongondlongo-amadoda anento eninzi kunye nabasetyhini
musa. Ukuba nje ibilula ngolo hlobo. Emva koko sinokumeta amanqanaba kwaye siqikelele ukuba ngubani
wayesemngciphekweni wokuba nobundlobongela kwaye abe nonyango olulula kulo. Kodwa, i
idatha yovavanyo isixelela ngenye indlela. Amanqanaba aqhelekileyo e testosterone a
Okufunekayo kumanqanaba aqhelekileyo obundlobongela, kunye nala manqanaba aqhelekileyo ahamba a
uluhlu olubanzi lokugxilwa kwehomoni engakwazi ukuqikelela. Kuyavela
ukuba testosterone iququzelela indlela ye-neurochemical kwingqondo leyo
isisiseko sokuziphatha ndlongo. Isenzo "sivumeleke." Oko ukuba
uphawu lombane luhamba, ubukho be testosterone buya kwandisa
izinga lokudubula kunye nokunciphisa ixesha phakathi kokugqabhuka komsebenzi wombane. Yi
ukuvula i-rheostat, kodwa iswitshi sele ivuliwe. Enyanisweni, kukho
ubungqina bokuba ukuziphatha ndlongo kunokubangela ukunyuka kwamanqanaba e testosterone.
The
isazi sengqondo sokuziphatha, uRobert Sapolsky, uchaza umfuniselo onomdla
malunga nobundlobongela bamadoda nabasetyhini. Kwimeko yabo yendalo kwi
I-Kenya, ii-Hyenas ezibonwa ngabasetyhini zinkulu, zinezihlunu, kwaye zinoburhalarhume
amadoda, kwaye ikwangabo balawula entlalweni. Okubangela umdla kukuba, bona
kwenzeka ukuba neehomoni ezininzi ezinxulumene ne-testosterone kunamadoda. Nangona
ngokufanayo ezinkulu, izihlunu kunye ndlongo, iimazi ngoku abahlala kwi
IYunivesithi yaseCalifornia eBerkeley (ekuziswe apho njengeentsana) fumana
kunzima ukuseka ulawulo lwabo lwentlalo phezu kwamadoda, nangona benalo
amanqanaba abo ehomoni ngokuqhelekileyo aphezulu. Yintoni engekhoyo? Akukho kusekwa
inkqubo yentlalo ukufunda kuyo.
Mhlawumbi
olu lingelo lusifundisa ukuba ugonyamelo phakathi kwabantu lungaphezu kobulungisa
testosterone kwaye ngaphezu kwemvelo yendalo ukuba abafana babe ngamakhwenkwe. Yi
indlela yokuziphatha entsonkothileyo exhomekeke kwimeko yentlalo kunye nokungalingani kwamandla. Ukuba
siyasilela ukuqonda intsebenziswano phakathi kwesini kunye nezithethe zenkcubeko
ukukhulisa ukuziphatha kobundlobongela ngamadoda, soze sikwazi ukujongana nayo
ngempumelelo. Sinokuyila njani izicwangciso ezisebenzayo zokuthintela ukuphumeza i
izibhengezo ezenziwe ngamaZiko oLawulo lweZifo kunye noGqirha Jikelele
ukuba ubundlobongela ngumcimbi wezempilo yoluntu?
Gender
kubalulekile ekuqondeni ubundlobongela ngeendlela ezininzi. Kukho ezahlukeneyo
ukubonakaliswa ngokuxhomekeke kwisini sexhoba. Ubundlobongela bendoda kumadoda bu
uluntu-esitratweni; kwingxabano yasebharini; ukuphumelela emsebenzini; okanye ukuqhuba
ngelixa enxilile. Ubundlobongela bamadoda nabasetyhini, xa kuthelekiswa, bubucala kwaye buyenzeka
Ekhaya. Abafazi abazizigidi ezine baseMelika babethwa nyaka ngamnye ngamadoda a okanye
babengamabanjwa, belimaza abafazi abaninzi kunazo zonke ezinye iindlela zokulimala zidibene. I
iindleko zobundlobongela nazo ziyahluka ngokwesini. Amadoda anoxanduva lwezemali
umthwalo oziswa bubundlobongela kwinkqubo yethu yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho. Uninzi lwabavalelweyo
abantu ngabanye ngamadoda kwaye babalelwa kumashumi asibhozo anesihlanu eepesenti zokubulala.
Abasetyhini, sele bengabasebenzisi abakhulu bokhathalelo lwempilo, banamava amaninzi
"Ezantsi" imiba yezempilo yesibini kubundlobongela. Ukusuka kuluntu
imbono sibona amadoda "abaphuli-mthetho" kunye nabasetyhini "abagulayo". Kodwa kunjalo
inkqubo yobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho enyanga imeko yezempilo? Okanye lukhathalelo lwempilo
inkqubo enyanga imeko yentlalo? Ngokucacileyo, sibona into efanayo
ukusuka kwiimbono ezimbini ezahlukeneyo ezineetiology efanayo.
The
ukusilela ukuchonga isini sabasetyhini kunye neendleko zokhathalelo lwempilo ezinxulumene nazo
ubundlobongela bufana nokungabikho kwesini samadoda xa kuxoxwa ngobundlobongela
ukuziphatha kumajelo eendaba. Ekubeni abafazi abafane bazichaze kukhathalelo lwempilo
ababoneleli njengamaxhoba ohlaselo, iimpawu ezininzi eziveliswa ngumzimba okanye
Ukuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kubonakala ngokulula ngendlela engathathi hlangothi ngokwesini: ukudinwa, ukuphuthelwa,
i-palpitations, ukuphefumula okufutshane, intloko ebuhlungu, njl njl.
abaqeqeshekanga kakuhle ekubhaqeni nasekuphatheni ngokufanelekileyo into esisiseko
Imiba yengqondo iya kuhlala ibona ezi mpawu kwaye isilele ukuxilonga
ukudakumba, ukuphazamiseka kokuxhalaba, ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo emva kokuphazamiseka, intlungu engapheliyo
syndromes, ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwezesondo, kunye nokusetyenziswa kakubi kotywala kunye neziyobisi uyeke ukuba
kusenokwenzeka ukuba zibangelwa lugonyamelo. Iingxaki zokubeleka eziqhelekileyo zibonwa zi
ibonwa ngolo hlobo ngababelekisi. Ukanti, olunye uphononongo lweSibhedlele saseCook County lwabonisa
ukuba i-46% yokusweleka koomama ibibangelwa bubundlobongela basekhaya. Iyabethwa
abasetyhini abakhulelweyo basemngciphekweni owonyukileyo wokubeleka kwangaphambi kwexesha, ukuzalwa komntwana omncinci
ubunzima, ukulimala komntwana kunye nokuphela komntwana. Kulula noko ukuchonga i
imvelaphi yentlalo yeemeko zonyango ezifana nokwenzakala kwilungu lobufazi ngenxa yodlwengulo okanye ukwaphuka
amathambo ngenxa yebhetri xa uhambisa ukhathalelo kwigumbi likaxakeka. Kuninzi ngakumbi
kunzima ukujonga imeko yentlalo yeemeko eziqhelekileyo kunye nezikhalazo kwi
iofisi yonyango oluphambili, ngakumbi ukuba ukwenzakala kwenzeka ixesha elide
eyadlulayo ebuntwaneni. Uninzi lwabantwana abaxhatshazwa ngokwesini ngamantombazana, kunye nabo
abaxhaphazi badla ngokuba ngamalungu osapho okanye abahlobo bosapho abangamadoda. Amantombazana
Ukuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kwasebuntwaneni kubonwa ngokungafanelekanga phakathi kwabakhulelweyo
ulutsha, abasebenzisa kakubi utywala neziyobisi, abo bane-HIV, iingxaki zokutya, abasetyhini
abaneentlungu ezingapheliyo ze-pelvic, kunye nabo babelana ngesondo ngokungakhuselekanga. Akucwangciswanga
ukukhulelwa kunye nezifo ezosulela ngesondo ezikhokelela kubudlolo kwi
amantombazana kunye nabasetyhini ababandakanyeka kwisondo esingakhuselekanga nabo banegalelo elikhulu kubasetyhini
iindleko zempilo. Imiba yempilo yengqondo eyahlukileyo efana nokuphazamiseka kwe-dissociative
kwaye ukuzicenta kubonwa phakathi kwabasinde ngokulala nombulo.
Ngoko ke,
yintoni isiphelo? Uhlalutyo lwesini alukho malunga nabasetyhini kuphela. Amadoda anesini
ngokunjalo. Nokuba kukukhathalelo lwezonyango, ukhathalelo lwempilo yengqondo okanye ukhathalelo lwempilo yokuzala, a
Uhlalutyo lwesini lufuneka ngamandla ukuqala ukubamba amakhwenkwe kunye namadoda uxanduva,
kunye nezithethe zenkcubeko ezikhuthaza ezi patheni zokuziphatha kobundlobongela. Ngu
ngokwenza njalo, sinokuphuhlisa amacebo okuxilonga ngokufanelekileyo kunye nokunyanga (kunye
mhlawumbi nokuthintela) ukuphazamiseka okubangelwa bubundlobongela bamadoda kunye nokuphucula impilo ye
wonke umntu.
Eileen
Hoffman, M.D. IKholeji yaseMelika yooGqirha bezeMpilo yabaseTyhini uGqr. [imeyile ikhuselwe]