PSY 209 Lecture 8: CH 14 - Variant Sexual Behavior
17 Jul 2018
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Something that happens within a normal distribution. Pretty much every religion agrees, sex that leads to children is fine for people to have. Any sexual activity that doesn t lead to conception, it"s sodomy (non-procreational sex), like oral sex, anal sex. In the 1800s, most states in the us had anti-sodomy laws, mostly between men, or any non- procreative sex. There are certain species of monkeys, that are "horny bandits," they masturbate and have sex with both genders of their species. Does it occur in nature, is another criteria. When it causes harm to people, it"s a crime, and it"s illegal. Extremely unusual, but doesn"t harm anyone, it"s not a concern of legality. First person to normalize sexual behavior, fought for gay rights. Founded institute of sexual science in berlin. First voice of reason; just because people deviate from sexual norms, it doesn"t mean it"s intrinsically pathological.
