A sexual perversion is a condition in which sexual excitement is associated with unusual imagery and acts.
Paraphilia is a term derived from the Greek roots para-which means “alongside” and “love.” In some cases, a person may experience a sexual perversion in several ways.
Violent acts
Violent acts of sexual perversion are crimes where the offender has raped or sexually perverted the victim. These crimes may take many forms, including rape-murder, serial murder, and oral sodomy. These crimes may also take the form of interpersonal violence aimed at sexualizing one another. Because these crimes are often under-reported, the true prevalence and statistics are difficult to ascertain.
In general, the laws against sexual perversion are based on the idea that these acts are a violation of nature. These laws are most common in the United States, but other regions have similar laws. In some states, any sexual act may be considered a crime, though such laws are rarely enforced within the home of a couple.
Although the exact causes and motivations for sexual violence vary greatly, research shows that these crimes are often learned behaviors. For example, men who engage in sexual violence tend to have a childhood environment that is physically or emotionally unsupportive. They may also misread the social cues of their victims, lack the inhibitions necessary to suppress their sex aggression, or engage in coercive fantasies. Regardless of the motivations, the main factor behind sexual violence is control and power. Unlike non-violent men, sexually violent men often target women they know and trust. Moreover, they often have an over-inflated sense of masculinity.
Unnatural sexual preferences
Sexual perversion is a term that has been around for quite some time. Historically, it refers to any sexual activity outside of the heterosexual norm. Traditionally, this norm consisted of coitus with the opposite sex and achieving orgasm via genital penetration. Anything else was regarded as perverse.
It is important to note that, in order to qualify as a sexual perversion, you must exhibit unnatural sexual activities or practices. These activities should not be connected to reproduction or to societal norms, as such behavior is a form of deviance. For example, society disapproves of adultery. However, in Nagel’s definition, sexual perversion is a condition in which an individual’s sexual desires and practices are not natural or based on their gender, race, or sexual orientation.
Nagel’s view is based on a psychological account of sexuality. Unlike many other theories that place the burden of proof on organs, Nagel argues that a sexual encounter is only perverted if two people of the same sex engage in “complete communication.” By contrast, an unnatural sexual encounter is a deviation from a complete pattern of consciousness and arousal.
Abuse of the sexual faculty
Sexual perversion is the deliberate use of the sexual faculty for reasons other than reproduction. It degrades human beings to an animal level. However, there are some examples of sexually perverse behavior that do not have the same moral implications as abuse. The Catholic Church considers masturbation to be sexual perversion and says it is contrary to the purpose of marriage.
Holloway argues that sexual acts and organs have purposes and that their moral use requires them to be used in accordance with the primary purpose. This argument can be used to defend the Church’s teaching on sexual acts and organs. In fact, Janet Smith argues that this argument is implicit in Church teaching.