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The term "sodomy" was created by Christians who blamed the behavior of the residents of the ancient city of Sodom for the destruction of their city by God.


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The exact behavior of the citizens of Sodom that led to the city's downfall is disputed. Some claim that the wrath of God was brought about due to their inhospitable behavior towards visitors. (See the Biblical description of Lot.) Others claimed that it was the sexual activity -- which was never specified -- that cause their destruction.


Definitions
==Derivation of the term==
sodomy
'''Sodomy''' is a strongly-emotive term of religious origin, derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapters 18 and 19 of the Book of Genesis in the Bible of the Hebrews, or the so-called Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is generally a useless term, used mostly by [{{w|Erotophobia erotophobes,}}though it is commonly found in law, in the mass media, and in other publications.
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In Christian-influenced cultures, sodomy usually refers to some unspecified - or poorly specified - act of socially-disapproved sexual behavior.


sodomy
==Usage==
In common usage, it may refer to:
* anal sexual intercourse
* oral sexual intercourse
* sexual intercourse with a non-human animal (bestiality)
* any non-procreative sexual activity
* any sexual act deemed to be "unnatural" or immoral


noun
As can be seen from the above listing, "sodomy" could be used to describe almost any kind of sexual activity.  
any sexual intercourse held to be abnormal; specif.,


    bestiality
Most people (wrongly) assume that "sodomy" means "anal sexual intercourse". The terms "sodomy", "sodomize" and "sodomites" have been used historically to condemn homosexuality. Current usage is often found in the media to mis-characterize, attack, and demonize "pedophiles" who "sodomize" minors.
    anal intercourse, esp. between two male persons


Origin of sodomy
To "sodomize" a minor may mean:
Middle English sodomie ; from Sodome, Sodom
* to have anal sex with a male minor, either as the passive or active partner
* to have anal sex with a female minor, the man being the "active" partner (the one inserting his penis), and the girl the "passive".
* to have oral sex with a minor male or female, either as the passive or active partner (fellatio or cunnilingus)
* to engage in any kind of sexual activity with a male minor, as this activity can never be "procreative" sex or result in pregnancy.
* to engage in any sexual act of any kind with a male minor, as sexual activity between males is deemed to be "unnatural" or immoral
* to engage in any sexual act of any kind with a minor female which some may choose to describe as being "unnatural" or immoral


sodomy
==From Wikipedia==
<blockquote>
{{w|Sodomy] is generally anal or oral sexual activity between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal (bestiality), but may also include any non-procreative sexual activity. Originally, the term sodomy was commonly restricted to anal sex, and is derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapters 18 and 19 of the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Sodomy laws in many countries criminalized not only these behaviors, but other disfavored sexual activities as well.[...]


noun
A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy sodomy_law]is a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law, but are typically understood by courts to include any sexual act deemed to be "unnatural" or immoral. Sodomy typically includes anal sex, oral sex and bestiality.[...]</blockquote>
Any of various forms of sexual acts regarded as perverted, especially anal intercourse, oral-anal contact, or sexual intercourse with an animal.


Origin of sodomy
One should remember while reading any inflammatory articles in the media about "a man sodomizing a minor" that there is ''no way from that description'' to know ''exactly'' what kind of sexual activity took place. The possibility even exists that ''no'' genuine sexual activity
Middle English sodomie, from Old French, from Sodome, Sodom, from Latin Sodoma, from Greek, from Hebrew s&schwa;dōm.
took place at all!


sodomy
Journalists are, after all, intent on increasing readership which will then lead to greater advertising revenue for their publication. They are ''not'' interested in providing accurate portrayals of events which occur in real life - they wish instead to inflame passions and thereby earn greater profits for their companies, and to improve their chances of promotion in their chosen field - just as do politicians, feminists, right-wing Christians (and others) who "demonize" intergenerational sexual activity for their own political purposes.
Noun


(uncountable)
Another definition follows:


    Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex.
<b>sodomy.</b> (from the biblical city of Sodom)  Obsolete religious term, still used in some unreformed criminal codes, for anal intercourse. Originally, the term was much broader and encompassed all "unnatural" sexual activity, i.e. also oral intercourse and sexual contact with animals. Obviously, this Christian term of condemnation, being based on very specific beliefs not shared by Buddhism, Shintoism, and many other religions, has no place in science. (See also "unnatural").


        They jailed her immediately after she was convicted of sodomy.
==External links==
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotophobia


    (in particular) anal sex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy


Origin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law


From Sodom, where the Bible, in Genesis chapters 18 and 19 and elsewhere, suggests sexual depravity.
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sodomy - Legal Definition
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[[Category:Encyclopedia]]
n
Anal or oral copulation between two persons, especially when they are of the same sex; oral or anal copulation between a human and a non-human.
 
 
 
Sodomy (/ˈsɒdəmi/) is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal (bestiality), but may also include any non-procreative sexual activity.[1][2][3] Originally the term sodomy, which is derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapters 18 and 19 of the Book of Genesis in the Bible,[4] was commonly restricted to anal sex.[5][6] Sodomy laws in many countries criminalized these behaviors, and other disfavored sexual activities as well.[6][7] In the Western world, many of these laws have been overturned or are not routinely enforced.
 
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Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2015.
 
sodomy
[sod-uh-mee]
 
noun
1. anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
2. copulation with a member of the same sex.
3. bestiality (def 4).
Origin
Middle English
1250-1300
1250-1300; Middle English sodomie < Old French. See Sodom, -y3
Related forms
sodomitical
[sod-uh-mit-i-kuh l] (Show IPA), sodomitic, adjective
sodomitically, adverb
 
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital
 
Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
 
British Dictionary definitions for sodomy
sodomy
/ˈsɒdəmɪ/
noun
1.
anal intercourse committed by a man with another man or a woman
 
Compare buggery
Word Origin
C13: via Old French sodomie from Latin (Vulgate) Sodoma Sodom
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Word Origin and History for sodomy
n. c.1300, "unnatural sexual relations," such as those imputed to the
 
inhabitants of Biblical Sodom, especially between persons of the same
 
sex but also with beasts, from Old French sodomie, from Late Latin
 
peccatum Sodomiticum "anal sex," literally "the sin of Sodom," from
 
Latin Sodoma. In Middle English also synne Sodomyke (early 14c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
 
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
 
sodomy sod·om·y (sŏd'ə-mē)
n.
 
    Anal copulation of one male with another.
 
    Anal or oral copulation with a member of the opposite sex.
 
    Copulation with an animal.
 
sod'om·ite' (-mīt') n.
sod'om·ize' (-mīz') v.
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third
 
Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
 
sodomy in Culture
sodomy [(sod-uh-mee)]
 
Sexual intercourse that is not the union of the genital organs of a man and
 
a woman. The term is most frequently applied to anal intercourse between
 
two men or to sexual relations between people and animals. (See
 
pederast.)
 
    Note: According to the Bible, God destroyed the cities of Sodom and
 
Gomorrah for unacceptable sexual practices, apparently including anal
 
intercourse between men. Sodomy takes its name from the city of Sodom.
 
    Note: Many governments have laws against sodomy. These laws are
 
difficult to enforce, however, and many people believe they violate
 
personal privacy.
 
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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/552329/sodomy
 
sodomy
 
Encyclopædia Britannica Article
 
noncoital carnal copulation. The term is understood in history, literature,
 
and law in several senses: (1) as denoting any homosexual practices
 
between men, in allusion to the biblical story of Sodom (Genesis 18:19),
 
(2) as denoting anal intercourse, (3) as synonymous with bestiality or
 
zoophilia (i.e., sexual relations between human beings and animals), and
 
(4) as comprehending a number of other sexual activities, ranging from
 
sexual contacts with minors to oral-genital contacts and oral intercourse
 
between adults.
 
Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions and is condemned as a mark of
 
abnormality in many others. Some legal codes provide penalties as severe
 
as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the relations are
 
voluntary and between legally consenting adults. So-called sodomy laws,
 
actually proscribing a variety of sexual contacts, appear to apply even to
 
married couples. No such regulations are found in the codes of Denmark,
 
France, Italy, Sweden, or Switzerland, among others. The Wolfenden
 
committee in England and the American Law Institute in the United States
 
recommended abolition of criminal provisions in this area, except in
 
cases involving violence, children, or public solicitation to commercial
 
vice. This position was adopted in Illinois in 1961 (and later in numerous
 
other U.S. states) and in England in 1967. In 1986 the U.S. Supreme
 
Court upheld a Georgia antisodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick, but the
 
decision was reversed in 2003, when the court struck down a Texas law
 
that criminalized consensual sex between adults of the same gender. With
 
the court's ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, antisodomy statues in 12 other
 
U.S. states were effectively overturned.
 
 
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21-year-old convicted rapist was sentenced Wednesday to 70 years in
 
state prison.
 
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Michael Tamayo
 
of Los Angeles sexually assaulted, sodomized and robbed the four
 
women in 2013.
 
He was convicted in September of 14 separate counts including: three
 
counts of assault with intent to commit a felony, three counts of robbery,
 
two counts of assault and one count each of kidnapping, kidnapping to
 
commit another crime, rape by force/fear, sodomy by use of force,
 
forcible oral copulation and grand theft from person.
 
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It's been five years since a 14-year-old Alabama girl with special needs
 
said she was persuaded by a teacher's aide to act as bait to catch an
 
accused sexual predator.
 
The girl's life was changed forever, she said, when the accused predator, a
 
fellow student, allegedly sodomized her in a school bathroom. ... The boy
 
sodomized her, Jaden said.
 
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The victim, now 16, testified at trial that he was sodomized by Perry four
 
times at the age of 11. Perry is now awaiting trial on the human
 
trafficking charge.
 
 
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deviate sexual intercourse
 
sexual assault
 
unnatural and lascivious act
 
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Revision as of 15:30, 11 April 2015

The term "sodomy" was created by Christians who blamed the behavior of the residents of the ancient city of Sodom for the destruction of their city by God.

The exact behavior of the citizens of Sodom that led to the city's downfall is disputed. Some claim that the wrath of God was brought about due to their inhospitable behavior towards visitors. (See the Biblical description of Lot.) Others claimed that it was the sexual activity -- which was never specified -- that cause their destruction.

Derivation of the term

Sodomy is a strongly-emotive term of religious origin, derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapters 18 and 19 of the Book of Genesis in the Bible of the Hebrews, or the so-called Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It is generally a useless term, used mostly by [Erotophobia erotophobes,though it is commonly found in law, in the mass media, and in other publications.

In Christian-influenced cultures, sodomy usually refers to some unspecified - or poorly specified - act of socially-disapproved sexual behavior.

Usage

In common usage, it may refer to:

  • anal sexual intercourse
  • oral sexual intercourse
  • sexual intercourse with a non-human animal (bestiality)
  • any non-procreative sexual activity
  • any sexual act deemed to be "unnatural" or immoral

As can be seen from the above listing, "sodomy" could be used to describe almost any kind of sexual activity.

Most people (wrongly) assume that "sodomy" means "anal sexual intercourse". The terms "sodomy", "sodomize" and "sodomites" have been used historically to condemn homosexuality. Current usage is often found in the media to mis-characterize, attack, and demonize "pedophiles" who "sodomize" minors.

To "sodomize" a minor may mean:

  • to have anal sex with a male minor, either as the passive or active partner
  • to have anal sex with a female minor, the man being the "active" partner (the one inserting his penis), and the girl the "passive".
  • to have oral sex with a minor male or female, either as the passive or active partner (fellatio or cunnilingus)
  • to engage in any kind of sexual activity with a male minor, as this activity can never be "procreative" sex or result in pregnancy.
  • to engage in any sexual act of any kind with a male minor, as sexual activity between males is deemed to be "unnatural" or immoral
  • to engage in any sexual act of any kind with a minor female which some may choose to describe as being "unnatural" or immoral

From Wikipedia

{{w|Sodomy] is generally anal or oral sexual activity between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal (bestiality), but may also include any non-procreative sexual activity. Originally, the term sodomy was commonly restricted to anal sex, and is derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapters 18 and 19 of the Book of Genesis in the Bible. Sodomy laws in many countries criminalized not only these behaviors, but other disfavored sexual activities as well.[...]

A sodomy_lawis a law that defines certain sexual acts as crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law, but are typically understood by courts to include any sexual act deemed to be "unnatural" or immoral. Sodomy typically includes anal sex, oral sex and bestiality.[...]

One should remember while reading any inflammatory articles in the media about "a man sodomizing a minor" that there is no way from that description to know exactly what kind of sexual activity took place. The possibility even exists that no genuine sexual activity took place at all!

Journalists are, after all, intent on increasing readership which will then lead to greater advertising revenue for their publication. They are not interested in providing accurate portrayals of events which occur in real life - they wish instead to inflame passions and thereby earn greater profits for their companies, and to improve their chances of promotion in their chosen field - just as do politicians, feminists, right-wing Christians (and others) who "demonize" intergenerational sexual activity for their own political purposes.

Another definition follows:

sodomy. (from the biblical city of Sodom) Obsolete religious term, still used in some unreformed criminal codes, for anal intercourse. Originally, the term was much broader and encompassed all "unnatural" sexual activity, i.e. also oral intercourse and sexual contact with animals. Obviously, this Christian term of condemnation, being based on very specific beliefs not shared by Buddhism, Shintoism, and many other religions, has no place in science. (See also "unnatural").

External links

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotophobia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law

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