According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sodomy referred “originally [to] any form of sexual intercourse considered unnatural… [but] now mainly: anal intercourse” (“ Sodomy"). This change in definition could easily link to the focus on homosexual behavior and the use of the word "sodomy" that came together during the Wilde trial. However, the defense appeared to closely follow Halperin's model of sodomy, so their specific arguments probably did not cause this change. The defense insisted on a pederastic view of Wildean relationships. This view followed Halperin's model that the dominant or active partner receives sexual gratification and the passive recipient receives some other reward. . Although the defense rarely discussed actual sexual acts, it emphasized many examples of monetary or intellectual reward for Wilde's "boys" in a pederastic context, such as "intellectual treatment" (Holland 159) or "money and gifts" ( Holland 164) for various young people mentioned in the indictment. Although this concept of pederasty was crucial to the defense case against Wilde, the inequality between partners it emphasized did not translate into the new homosexual image. Furthermore, Carson presents his arguments by focusing on sodomy as a symptom of “a