This term refers to the act of perverting or perverting oneself, that is, acquiring a series of vices and customs that can be easily reproached by the environment, both social and family. In the same way, it would be about altering the order in a situation or space. Having a marked inclination to the lowest and unnatural instincts of humanity is taken as a sign of perversion. On some occasions, perversion is used with a sexual sense, talking about those behaviors that can be strange or, well, harmful, both for the environment and for those who suffer it. It is important to note that, on some occasions, depravity is used as a synonym for perversion.
The word comes from the Latin “pervertĕre”, which can be translated as “flip”. This, in its beginnings, was of almost exclusive use for classical clinical psychiatry, psychopathology and the nascent sexology. As mentioned above, under this term a series of paraphilias or deviant sexual behaviors took refuge, such as fetishism, pedophilia, exhibitionism, sadomasochism and voyeurism. However, the only psychological theory that remains to this day is that proposed by Sigmund Freud in psychoanalysis, arranged with various nuances in the various schools of psychoanalysis. Currently, he is devoid of the pejorative sense that characterized him so much.
Perversion can easily be related to decadence, insanity, lack of modesty, and the lack of control of man's most immediate desires. Drugs, sex, gluttony, debauchery and excessive alcohol intake are signs that someone is being perverted in terms of their vices and customs.
