时尚双语:性党---澳大利亚诞生“以性为纲”新党
日期:2008-11-23 14:46

(单词翻译:单击)

一个新的政党在澳大利亚诞生了,并以“我们对性是认真的”为口号,那就是“SEX PARTY”。 约400万澳大利亚人接触色情内容,“性党”(Australian Sex Party )表示,他们有真正的机会去赢得州和联邦议会的席位。 该党的政治纲领包括全国的性教育课程、简化审查制度、废除政府对网络的过滤和支持同性恋婚姻。 该党召集人Fiona Patten表示,网络过滤将在五年内使澳洲的性行业无生意可做。

SEX sells, and the newly formed Australian Sex Party knows it.

That's why, even with what seem to be sensible policies rooted in a desire to make sexuality and discussions about it less touchy subjects, the party has chosen a name that stands out from the traditional ballot paper line-up.

The party, with the slogan "we're serious about sex", launches at Melbourne Sexpo on November 20th and party convenor Fiona Patten is confident it will gain the 500 members required to register and contest state Upper House and Senate seats.

Ms Patten, who is also the chief executive of the Eros Association - representing the adult retail and entertainment industry, said she and others were concerned about the Government's proposed internet filter, which is being tested over summer on about 10,000 sites to block "unwanted content".

"This really came out of 20 years of lobbying on sex and censorship and then... the latest being the compulsory internet filter, which will ... prohibit and blacklist adult material that is currently legal in magazines, books and film," she said.

"When we started talking about the Australian Sex Party, we realised that sex is a lot broader than just censorship and a lot of the policies are a lot broader."

Also on the party's list of policies, to be announced at the launch, is a national sex education school curriculum.

"With the internet and the fear that children are being sexualised at an early age, the first key action on that will be sex education," Ms Patten said.

"Other countries such as the UK are introducing a national curriculum and we think we should follow that."

The party would also look to overturn rules under which overseas aid was not given to health clinics that were pro-choice, she said.

The party's provocative and potentially alienating name was a decision the group wrestled with, Ms Patten said.

"We felt that - sex in a crowded room - now we've got your attention. It's half the problem with politicians, because they still giggle when they say the word sex, and that's why we have such idiotic policies at state and federal levels," she said.

"Let's try and own that word on most government forms."

Ms Patten said there had already been a lot of interest from potential members.

"We'll probably have our 500 members by the time we launch on Thursday. But there's four million customers of adult shops in Australia."

She also hoped the 1000 or so adult shops around the country would become Sex Party branches.

"Hopefully we'll get their attention with the word but then we may be able to help influence some reasonably sensible policies."

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重点单词
  • retailn. 零售 vt. 零售,传述 adv. 以零售形式
  • unwantedadj. 不必要的,空闲的
  • touchyadj. 易怒的,难以取悦的,过敏的
  • sensibleadj. 可察觉的,意识到的,实用的 n. 可感知物
  • associationn. 联合,结合,交往,协会,社团,联想
  • confidentadj. 自信的,有信心的,有把握的 adj. 易
  • prohibitvt. 禁止,妨碍
  • potentialadj. 可能的,潜在的 n. 潜力,潜能 n. 电位,
  • traditionaladj. 传统的
  • gigglev. 吃吃地笑,格格地笑