ABSTRACT
Disordered sexual behavior has been of interest to philosophers, theologians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other healthcare providers throughout the ages. Sexual deviance has been conceptualized by many in society as illness, immoral behavior, and “unnatural.” Non-normative sexual behavior/gender expression has also at times been criminalized/pathologized and then decriminalized/depathologized, depending on the politics and ethos of the current society. The amount of curiosity and historical constraints societies and religions have placed on private sexual acts begs the question, “Why are we as a species concerned about people’s private sexual activity?” (Cohen Baker, 2006; Hegarty, 2012; Jordan, 1997; Weiss, 2011).
