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LeftInTX

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25. I think Moore couldn't form a healthy relationship with a woman that was his peer

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Sun Nov 12, 2017, 07:51 AM

Nov 2017

He probably was immature, a jerk, lacked self confidence etc

I dated a few Roy Moores when I was in high school. They did seem to prey on vulnerabilities. Sometimes I wouldn't fit in at events and these guys made the move then. The relationships were not healthy and I would dump the guy after a few dates.

My mom was mentally ill and for some reason she encouraged these relationships. (These guys were in their early 20s and not their 30s) They weren't "wild" like my peers. She liked the fact that these older guys were "settled down".

Roy Moore will never admit to this.

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Moore suffers not from Pedophilia but Ephebophilia [View all] HAB911 Nov 2017 OP

the youngest of his victims thus far was 14 at the time--pedophile hlthe2b Nov 2017 #1

Well that would make Jerry Lee Lewis a pedophile delisen Nov 2017 #27

Yes. By today's standards (and laws) hlthe2b Nov 2017 #28

I have made no statement of defense. In a free, delisen Nov 2017 #29

It has been repeatedly reported as either "first cousin" or hlthe2b Nov 2017 #31

Innuendo is cheap. If you have facts to discuss or delisen Nov 2017 #32

You chose to enter the discussion and to ask me the question. I responded hlthe2b Nov 2017 #34

Seems to me you ducked answering the question bronxiteforever Nov 2017 #38

Ephebo it is. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #2

I think it may be both HAB911 Nov 2017 #3

Can we just keep it simple for... Little Star Nov 2017 #4

You've gotta be kidding loyalsister Nov 2017 #5

Suffer as in HAB911 Nov 2017 #10

The DSM definitions of sexual predation are controversial, to say the least loyalsister Nov 2017 #15

English needs a term to cover pedophilia, hebophilia, and ephebophilia. unblock Nov 2017 #6

"Pervert" works fine, or "molester." Codeine Nov 2017 #11

They apply, but are both overly broad unblock Nov 2017 #13

Why do we need to pigeon hole these disorders? ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #18

That's why I feel the need for a collective term. unblock Nov 2017 #19

There is a real problem in not being precise and delisen Nov 2017 #26

i agree, though i think there's a need for a collective term, it shouldn't be overused. unblock Nov 2017 #30

"Child Molester" works for me. Or "Child Rapist" lastlib Nov 2017 #36

"suffers" jberryhill Nov 2017 #7

My feelings exactly. LisaL Nov 2017 #8

see #10, mental disorder HAB911 Nov 2017 #12

While I get that, it's like the Road Runner hitting the wrong key on the piano in this context jberryhill Nov 2017 #21

Then, 14 equals Pedophilia. SandyZ Nov 2017 #9

He's a sexual predator of underage girls. blogslut Nov 2017 #14

I'm a layman sarisataka Nov 2017 #16

He's something of a lay man too, apparently jberryhill Nov 2017 #22

Fmr Dep. DA Theresa Jones, who worked alongside Roy Moore HAB911 Nov 2017 #17

And there it is. There are more such incidents, just waiting to be told. MineralMan Nov 2017 #20

The accuser was 14, not "15 to 19." The law, not explanatory psychiatry, is what matters. WinkyDink Nov 2017 #23

If the best thing you can say is that... moriah Nov 2017 #24

I think Moore couldn't form a healthy relationship with a woman that was his peer LeftInTX Nov 2017 #25

And "hair splitting" is a primary form of deflection... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #33

He suffers from NOTHING medically categorizable Gabi Hayes Nov 2017 #35

Just call him a "short eyes". Dave Starsky Nov 2017 #37