Sodomy

thumb|287x287px|Men engaging in anal sex, Safavid painting Sodomy (), also called buggery in British English, principally refers to either anal sex (but occasionally also oral sex) between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal (bestiality). It may also mean any non-procreative sexual activity (including manual sex). Originally the term sodomy, which is derived from the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Book of Genesis, was commonly restricted to homosexual anal sex. Sodomy laws in many countries criminalized the behavior. In the Western world, many of these laws ha

laws criminalising certain sexual acts

2011 killing in Sirte, Libya

poem by Gaius Valerius Catullus

United Kingdom legislation

1730–31 Dutch persecution of homosexuals

laws in the united states regarding sodomy before 2003

1986 U.S. Supreme Court case upholding anti-sodomy laws (overturned in 2003)

1985 studio album by The Pogues

Rhaphanidosis is the act of inserting the root of a radish into the anus. It is mentioned by Aristophanes as a punishment for adultery in Classical Athens in the fifth and fourth century BC. It was also a punishment for other sex-related crimes, such as promiscuity and sodomy. Later classical references to the punishment include Catullus 15, where percurrent raphanique mugilesque (both radishes and mullets will run you through) is threatened against those who cast lascivious eyes on a boy (puer) the poet cares for. ==Historicity== There is some doubt as to whether the punishment was ever enfo

painting by Salvador Dalí

play written by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester