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perversion any abnormal means of obtaining sexual satisfaction perversion [pər′vər·zhən] (optics) Perversion See also Bestiality. bondage and domination (B & D) practices with whips, chains, etc. for sexual pleasure. [Western Cult.: Misc.] middle-aged gentleman crisscrosses America staying in motels with 12-year-old “nymphet.” [Am. Lit.: Lolita] of the Perverse perversity as motive for men’s actions. [Am. Lit.: “Imp of the Perverse” in Hart, 402] son; spilled seed upon ground. [O.T.: Genesis 38: 9–10] von (1836–1895) author who derived pleasure from being tortured. [Aust. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 165] de (1740–1814) jailed for sexual crimes; wrote of sexual cruelty. [Fr. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 165] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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By age 21, Mogutin had been brought up on strongly worded charges like "malicious hooliganism with exceptional cynicism" and "propaganda of sexual perversions. Despite the importance of late 19th-century medical and legal discourses, which founded theories of sexual perversion and its punitive consequences, racial slavery provided the background--and the testing ground--for the emergence and articulation of those theories. Of course the Nazi regime made abortion a capital offense, tightened the 1871 criminal penalties against homosexuality, and mounted hyperbolic attacks on Weimar as the golden age of Jewish/Communist sexual perversion. |
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