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or one who has sex with an animal, whether in a typical manner or in an atypical manner, i.e., anal sex, and similarly a woman who has sex with an animal, whether in a typical manner or in an atypical manner, is liable. This baraita sets the minimum age for the passive male at 9 years and one day
Rav Naḥman bar Rav Ḥisda taught: With regard to a woman there are two manners of lying. A woman who has sex with an animal, whether it is vaginal or anal sex, is liable. But with regard to a man who has sex with an animal there is only one manner of lying, i.e., vaginal sex.
Rav Pappa objects to this opinion: On the contrary, a woman, whose typical manner of sex is vaginal, is rendered liable for lying with an animal only in that manner; she is not rendered liable for something else, i.e., for engaging in anal sex with an animal. With regard to a man who has sex with a
It is taught in a baraita in accordance with neither of their opinions: One who engages in homosexual sex with a male aged 9 years and one day, or one who has sex with an animal, whether in a typical manner, or in an atypical manner, i.e., anal sex, and similarly, a woman who has sex with an anima
Ravina said to Rava: With regard to one who performs the initial stage of sex with another male, i.e., insertion of the penis, without completing the sex, what is the halakha? Is he liable for engaging in homosexual sex?