谷歌推出“下一代性向甄別”手機軟件遭炮轟

A new Google smartphone APP that helps parents work out if their son is homosexual has been met with hostility。

The Android program, called “Is Your Son Gay?”， aims to provide an answer to what it calls “the question you have been asking for perhaps too long”。

However, one gay-rights groups reacted with fury, brandishing the app “ridiculous and horrifying”。

Once the quiz is completed parents receive one of two answers: “You have nothing to worry about, your son is not gay. You have a very good chance of being a grandmother with all the joys that brings。” Or it informs parents: “Your son is gay. Accept it and know it's not his choice。”

谷歌開發“下一代性取向甄別”軟件

The French developer of the app, according to reports, insists that the concept is a humorous one。

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However, Eliza Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educational Network in the US denounced the app。

She told CBS New York: “The questions in this app are horrendous stereotypes that would be completely laughable if they weren’t so dangerous。”

“The implication, one, is that there is one way to be if you’re gay and, two, that there’s sort of blame to attach to parents。”

Meanwhile, psychologist Alan Hilfer told the network that the app is no substitute for having a heart-to-heart talk about sexuality。

He said: “It implies that you’re kind of going behind someone’s back to discover things about them。”

Others, however, are more concerned about how well the app works。

Ben Summerskill , CEO of UK lesbian, gay and bisexual equality charity Stonewall, told MailOnline: “We hope the app is accurate. We wouldn’t want any mother to be disappointed。”據英國《每日郵報》9月28日報道，谷歌研發出一款新型智能手機軟件，它能幫助父母瞭解自己的孩子是否是同性戀者。這款軟件一經推出就遭到了衆多質疑。

這款命名爲 “你的孩子是同志嗎？”的操作系統，旨在幫助用戶回答一個“已經被父母質疑良久的問題(指孩子的性取向)。”

然而，一個同性戀者權利團體則憤慨地抨擊這款手機軟件既可笑又可怕。

父母在對自己的孩子測試完畢後一般會得到兩種結果。一種是“放心吧，您的孩子不是同性戀者，請等待着盡情享受兒孫滿堂的天倫之樂吧。”另一種則是“您的孩子是同性戀者，請接受事實並給予理解，畢竟這不是他所能左右的選擇。”

據報道，法國的APP開發商則堅持認爲這款手機軟件只是爲了娛樂。

這款充滿爭議性的手機軟件引起了一陣騷動。它甚至會要求父母詢問自己的孩子是否喜歡麥當娜。

然而，美國同性戀和異性戀教育網絡的執行董事，艾麗莎-拜揚公開指責了這款手機軟件。

她對紐約哥倫比亞廣播公司說：“這款手機軟件的問題在於其令人可怕的守舊。如果不是這麼危險的話題，他是十分可笑的。 ”

“其(這個軟件)暗含兩層意思，一，如果你是同性戀，那麼只有一條出路。二， 這裏有幾分遷怒於家長。”

同時，心理學家艾倫則在網路上說，想要知道孩子的性取向，不如和孩子做一次坦陳的交流，效果遠比使用這款手機軟件要好得多。

他說：“使用手機軟件對孩子進行性向測試無異於偷窺和挖掘他人的隱私。”

然而其他一些人則更關心這款手機軟件的工作原理。

英國同性戀和雙性戀者平等救濟協會的首席執行官本- 薩摩使奇告訴《每日郵報》的記者：“我們希望這款手機軟件能精確的測試出性取向，畢竟沒有人想讓母親們失望。”