Sexuality and sexual identity According to Andreas De Block and Pieter R. Adriaens: During this time, quite a number of sexual preferences, desires, and behaviors have been pathologized and depathologized at will, thus revealing psychiatry's constant struggle to distinguish mental disorder-in other words, the "perversions," "sexual deviations," or "paraphilias"-from immoral, unethical, or illegal behavior. This struggle is apparent in the works of 19th- and early-20th-century psychiatrists and sexologists. Jerry’s sexual deviations: a. the pornographic playing cards b. Jerry’s confession of his homosexuality c. The sexually obsessed landlady.
Quotes “PETER: your parents…perhaps…a girl friend… JERRY: You're a very sweet man, and you're possessed of a truly enviable innocence.” “I was a h-o-m-o-s-e-x-u-a-l. I mean, I was queer…(Very fast)…queer, queer, queer…with bells ringing, banners snapping in the wind.” “And for those eleven days, I met at least twice a day with the park superintendent's son…a Greek boy, whose birthday was the same as mine, except he was a year older. I think I was very much in love…maybe just with sex. But that was the jazz of a very special hotel, wasn't it. And now; oh, do I love the little ladies; really I love them. For about an hour.” “JERRY: I would have thought that you would have asked me about those pornographic playing cards. PETER: (With a knowing smile) Oh, I've seen those cards”
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Conclusion Sexual deviance into the play is a term to behavior that has a sexual aspect to it and is considered a violation of either general societal norms or the expectations and/or limits of behavior for specific cultural settings.