The Punishment of Being Born Perverse

  What’s the definition of perverse behavior? As a matter of fact, defining perversion presents countless difficulties. Originally, the term was mistakenly associated with alleged sexual ‘deviations’. However, this concept is currently excluded from the definition. Psychiatry adopted the terms dysfunctions or paraphilias for cases of perversion related to sexual situations. In fact, in the diagnostic manuals of mental disorders (DSM-5 and ICD 11), perversion is separated from paraphilias and sexual dysfunctions. How does a pervert think? A perverse person feels haunted by obsessive and destructive thoughts. They feel that their attitudes aren’t decent and above-board. Evidently, this is an…