Halakhah for Ketubot 91:25
שלח רבי יצחק בר רב יעקב בר גיורי משמיה דרבי יוחנן אע"ג שלא מצינו בכל התורה כולה שחלק הכתוב בין ביאה כדרכה לביאה שלא כדרכה למכות ולעונשין אבל מוציא שם רע חלק אינו חייב עד שיבעול שלא כדרכה ויוציא שם רע כדרכה
Yitzchak son of R. Ya’akov b. Giyori sent this message in the name of R. Yohanan: : Although we do not find anywhere in the Torah that Scripture draws a distinction between natural and unnatural intercourse in respect of lashes or other punishments, such a distinction was made in the case of a man who brought an evil name [upon his wife]; for he is not liable unless he has intercourse with her, [even] in an unnatural manner, he brought up an evil name upon her in respect of a natural intercourse.
Sefer HaChinukh
The commandment that the wife of one who 'puts out a bad name' [about her] dwell with him forever: That we are commanded [about] one who puts out a bad name about his wife that she shall dwell with him forever - and even if she is blind or has a skin disease - as it is stated (Deuteronomy 22:19), "and to him shall she be a wife." And included in this law is that the court is commanded also to lash him about that which he put out a bad name falsely and to [fine] him one hundred coins (sela) of refined silver, as it is stated in the section [of the Torah that deals with this]. And they, may their memory be blessed, explained (Ketuvot 46a) that the warning against putting out a bad name is included in "do not go tale-bearing among your people" (Sefer HaChinukh 236).
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