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Before the 20th century, the term usually meant religious perversion, i.e., changing one's religion to an erroneous one. In that sense, who was considered a pervert and who was not always depended on one's point of view. In the present day, the term most often refers to "sexual perversions", more neutrally called Paraphilia s, many of which can contribute to Sex Crime s. The term, in a general sense, is most often applied to the more abnormal or disturbed types of sexual behavior, mainly those involving Compulsion and coercion. Used casually, the term can be meant to simply describe someone who is seen as having "dirty", "unnatural" or ambiguous thoughts. Still, the definition and usage of the concept can vary by such variables as time, person, religion, and culture; and what some would describe as perversion, others might say is simply a variant form of Human Sexuality . Homosexuality was once considered to be a perversion, but is now widely seen as a natural sexual variation. The verb form of the term, in general usage, simply means to turn something away from its natural state (or what is perceived to be its natural state.) For example, one might say that the modern film version of '' Romeo And Juliet '' "perverted" Shakespeare 's version of the story. CATHOLICISM In a similar sense, the term was also used in the pre- Vatican II era by some Roman Catholic s to describe the process of converting from Roman Catholicism to Protestantism . Whereas a protestant who joined Roman Catholicism was described as a '' Convert '', a Catholic who became a Protestant was called a ''pervert''. The phrase is no longer used by mainstream Catholicism, though traditional Catholics occasionally still use it. REFERENCES
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