Is there a difference in meaning between anal sex or sodomy?

In the old days, when looking for anal sex, the term “sodomy” was often used. I know it originates from Sodom and Gomorra tales, where anal sex was the norm.

But seems to me the term “sodomy” is more negatively charged. Like it adresses to more forced assfucks. I can’t remember seeing sodomy being used in a romantic sence.

So what do other forum members think ? Would you consider sodomy just the same as an assfuck or does it have another meaning ?

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I used to see it on tube sites quite a bit as a synonym for “ass fuck”. “Cute red head sodomized” or something along those lines.

In the US, there used to be sodomy laws, so I think it’s slightly more of a legal term, and less cutesy than “buggered” in the UK. But I’m not a native speaker, so perhaps any brits could weigh in on how the term sounds to them. Or perhaps a hedgehog :wink:

I’d agree that due to its legal use, I.e. “anti-sodomy laws” it’s the most likely explanation for the more negative association.

Sodomy historically has meant any non-reproductive sexual intercourse, which anal sex will fall under.

Right. In Germany, for example, the term refers to sexual acts done to animals.

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