@article{2016,title={SEXUAL DEVIATIONS IN TANAKH},abstractNode={Sexuality is when a man and a woman are united physically and spiritually as one so as to continue their bloodline. To this respect, in most of the societies sexuality is tolerated only in marriage unions and for procreation purposes. However, since people sometimes want to just enjoy the intercourse as it is, they tend to experience it outside its ordinary process. This activity, which needs to be engaged in with the opposite sex, may be tried sometimes with the same sex, sometimes with the person himself/herself and sometimes with non-human animals. This condition turns sexuality into perversion. Sexual deviation or perversion is usually a pursuit outside the understanding of the societies’ accepted principles. Genetics, family, childhood and environment constitute the main reasons for sexual deviation. Homosexuality, incest relationship, zoophilia, masturbation, transvestism and prostitution are prominent types of sexual deviation. How does Judaism, the first of the Semitic religion},author={Necati SÜMER},year={2016},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}