Timeline for Does "perversion" necessarily have a negative connotation?
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| May 23, 2017 at 16:56 | comment | added | English Student | @Mitch This answer was developed based on significant feedback from OP. thank you for further clarifying things with useful answers and comments! | |
| May 23, 2017 at 16:53 | comment | added | Mitch | @EnglishStudent good point | |
| May 23, 2017 at 16:17 | comment | added | English Student | @Mitch re your comment "The word 'perversion', whatever it refers to, generally evokes negative feelings. This answer seems to be talking about concepts, about what should or should not be labeled 'perversion'." -- I have already stated in my first sentence that the word 'perversion' is always used in a negative sense. The rest of the answer is to explain why this word is almost never used except in a negative sense -- the upshot of all the psychology is that persons with liberal attitudes to sex will avoid the word, and morally judgmental persons will only use it negatively! | |
| May 23, 2017 at 15:58 | comment | added | Mitch | @aparente001 That stuff that comes out of your butt is nasty, and 'poop' is not the most pleasant word, but it is way better than 'shit', and 'stool' is so clinical as to be almost affectless. | |
| May 23, 2017 at 15:47 | comment | added | aparente001 | @Mitch - Good point. I'm going to ask the OP at Spanish.SE to help me sort this out. | |
| May 23, 2017 at 13:51 | comment | added | Mitch | There's a difference between words and concepts. The word 'perversion', whatever it refers to, generally evokes negative feelings. This answer seems to be talking about concepts, about what should or should not be labeled 'perversion'. | |
| May 23, 2017 at 1:57 | history | edited | English Student | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 23, 2017 at 1:09 | comment | added | English Student | @aparente001 Unfortunately the word 'perversion' is still widely used in a negative and prejudicial sense, because the world is still full of retrograde, prejudiced and judgmental people! I have now edited the first paragraph to make this distinction and bring it in line with the remainder of the answer. Thanks a lot for helping me frame a better answer to your question! | |
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| May 23, 2017 at 0:59 | comment | added | aparente001 | There are some helpful parts to this answer but the first paragraph doesn't fit very well with the rest. I thought your main point was precisely that at the level of civilization and understanding of human behavior that we've achieved now, we don't need that level of judgmentalism any more. | |
| May 23, 2017 at 0:57 | history | answered | English Student | CC BY-SA 3.0 |