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Ephebophilia
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Ephebophilia
Sexual preference by an older person—usually understood to be an older man—for a girl in mid-to-late adolescence—the consummation of which is illegal in most jurisdictions
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We simply cannot know whether Alexander stops his sexual actions with the young men when they reach eighteen because he is an ephebophile, or because the males have reached an age where they were men and no longer social inferiors to him (see Bloch 2001, 185).
Narcissistic fraud in the ancient world: Lucian's account of ... by Kent, Stephen / Ancient Narrative
Mark Foley is therefore not a pedophile but an ephebophile, or one who is similarly interested in adolescents.
Age-appropriate by Kendall, Steven L. / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Most of the Catholic priests caught up in the scandal were not pedophiles but ephebophiles.
Indulgences by Nickels, Thom / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
 
 
 
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