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defacto7

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19. I think the word is ephebophile or hebophile.

Reply to Johnny2X2X (Reply #16)

Mon Aug 12, 2019, 10:31 AM

Aug 2019

Pedophillia refers to pre-pubescent attraction like 9 year olds, hebophillia to mid to late pubescent children 12 to 14 basically, and ephebophillia to children who have reached puberty or 15 to 18 year olds. People seem to use pedophile generically but it's not correct.

If we're going to use a generic term for all of them I'd just call them perverts rather than a psychological term.

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