Perversion - The Erotic Form of Hatred

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Let me say what I think an aberration, a variant, and a perversion are and in later chapters review data and concepts that led to the definitions. I believe that perversion does exist; that its harsh connotations reflect a dim awareness that at the core of the perverse act is desire to harm others; and that the concept should be retained, not because it is a useful propaganda weapon for preserving society, but because the condition is demonstrable.

By aberration here I mean an erotic technique or constellation of techniques that one uses as his complete sexual act and that differs from his culture’s traditional, avowed definition of normality. Sexual aberrations can be divided into two classes: variants (deviations) and perversions.

By variant I mean an aberration that is not primarily the staging of forbidden fantasies, especially fantasies of harming others. Examples would be behavior set off only by abnormal brain activity, as with a tumor, experimental drug, or electricalimpulse from an implanted electrode; or an aberrant act one is driven to faute de mieux; or sexual experiments one does from curiosity and finds not exciting enough to repeat.

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