Perpetrating a sexual offense is not a mental illness and may not be a sign of mental illness. There is no psychiatric diagnosis of “sex offender.” Certainly, some people who commit sexual offenses, just like some people who break into houses, may be mentally ill.

What is considered perverted behavior?

Perversion is a form of human behavior which deviates from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. Although the term perversion can refer to a variety of forms of deviation, it is most often used to describe sexual behaviors that are considered particularly abnormal, repulsive or obsessive.

Why does a person become a pervert?

The underlying cause of male acts of perversion has always been explained as the need for control and mastery in order to compensate for deep-seated feelings of sexual insecurity, which in turn are caused by arrested psychosexual development.