摘要: This article considers perversions (paraphilias) from various perspectives. A brief description of some common paraphilias are given as well a look at examples Greek mythology and ancient history. How were classified illustrates the beliefs about them, exemplified by writings De Sade, Jeremy Bentham, Krafft Ebing, Freud, associates. The contributions Darwin's theory evolution Haeckel's concept ‘ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny’ to these ideas considered. Recent developments which involve use technology, including Internet virtual reality for sexual purposes, discussed. Some modern etiological considered fields genetics fetal development, recent concepts cybernetics chaos theory.