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act of "unnatural" sex: anal or oral intercourse, or bestiality

Sodomy is sexual intercourse involving anal sex or oral copulation

The word sodomy is derived from the Latin peccatum Sodomiticum 'sin of Sodom'.

The noun, and the verb sodomise are used when referring to anal copulation by a man inserting his penis in the anus either of another man or a woman. If accomplished by force, without consent, or with someone incapable of consent, sodomy is a felony in all states in the same way that rape is.

Homosexual sodomy between consenting adults has also been found a felony, but increasingly is either decriminalized or seldom prosecuted. Sodomy with a consenting adult female is virtually never prosecuted even in those states in which it remains on the books as a criminal offence. However, there have been a few cases, including one in Indiana, in which an estranged wife insisted that her ex-husband be charged with sodomy for sexual acts while they were married. Traditionally sodomy was called "the crime against nature."

Technically, sodomy does not include oral copulation or sexual acts with animals (beastiality), however, in the United States, the term eventually encompassed oral sex as well as anal sex. The crime of sodomy was classified as a felony.

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