Deviant Sexual Behavior Research

Question #7
What we classify as normal varies for each individual. Normal is defined as conforming to the regular, usual or natural. A relationship between a man and a woman was considered normal, and all of the sexual behavior that included kissing, foreplay, role play is considered normal. Normal is defined statistically, by culture and time. We tend to consider sexual behaviors abnormal or deviant, for example when they run counter to our religious values, when they make most of us wince (Rathus Pg. 506). I have learned that a deviant sexual behavior is when they involve the persistent preference for non-genital sexual outlets (Rathus Pg. 507).
Paraphilia’s involve sexual arousal in response to unusual stimuli such as children or other nonconsenting persons,
One Paraphilia is called Fetishism, in which an inanimate object such as an article of clothing or items made of rubber, leather, or silk elicit sexual arousal. Women’s Undergarments, leather boots or high heel shoes are popular. Many Fetishists cannot achieve sexual arousal without the contact of desired objects, and that desired object was women’s hair. Some married couples may play fantasies out by role playing or engage in oral or anal sex, this by statistics is no longer deviant behavior. Some things that were considered deviant sexual behavior are classified as normal such as masturbation. According to the Judaeoa-Christian tradition masturbation was consider a sin because it did not promote procreation. There is a story in the Bible in the Book of Genesis that talks about a man by the name of Onan who was the son of Judah who was struck down by God because he withdrew while having sex with his wife. It was the custom of that day to marry your brother’s wife if he died in order to carry on the lineage. Since he withdrew from his wife and spilled his life producing seed he was guilty