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I know. Calling someone a pedophile and not having
Posted on: November 9, 2017 at 23:19:05 CT
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a clue what it means is pretty messed up. Especially when it doesn't apply. That is slander.
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Q. People refer to "pedophilia" and "ephebophilia." How do you distinguish these?
A. People are attracted not only by gender -- male, female -- but also by other factors such as age. The average man refrains from sex with a child not only because he's a moral person but also because a child does not tempt him sexually. The term used to describe an orientation toward pre-pubescent children is "pedophilia," of which there are two types. One is the exclusive type: the person is attracted only to children. The other is the non-exclusive type: there is some attraction to adults. Pedophilia can be same gender pedophilia -- a man attracted to boys; opposite gender pedophilia -- a man attracted to girls; or bi-sexual pedophilia -- attracted to both boys and girls. Ephebophilia is a condition in which a person is attracted not to prepubescent children but to children or adolescents around the time of puberty, basically teenagers.
Q. Generally when you read or hear in the news about "pedophilia," aren't the media using the term to refer to anyone who is a minor?
A. Yes. Generally, people use the term "pedophilia" to include ephebophilia. Most men can find adolescents attractive sexually, although, of course, that doesn't mean they're going to act on it. Some men who become involved with teenagers may not have a particular disorder. Opportunity and other factors may have contributed to their behaving in the way they do.
Edited by TigerMatt at 23:20:08 on 11/09/17
https://web.archive.org/web/20110623130406/http://www.usccb.org/comm/kit6.shtml
Q. People refer to "pedophilia" and "ephebophilia." How do you distinguish these?
A. People are attracted not only by gender -- male, female -- but also by other factors such as age. The average man refrains from sex with a child not only because he's a moral person but also because a child does not tempt him sexually. The term used to describe an orientation toward pre-pubescent children is "pedophilia," of which there are two types. One is the exclusive type: the person is attracted only to children. The other is the non-exclusive type: there is some attraction to adults. Pedophilia can be same gender pedophilia -- a man attracted to boys; opposite gender pedophilia -- a man attracted to girls; or bi-sexual pedophilia -- attracted to both boys and girls. Ephebophilia is a condition in which a person is attracted not to prepubescent children but to children or adolescents around the time of puberty, basically teenagers.
Q. Generally when you read or hear in the news about "pedophilia," aren't the media using the term to refer to anyone who is a minor?
A. Yes. Generally, people use the term "pedophilia" to include ephebophilia. Most men can find adolescents attractive sexually, although, of course, that doesn't mean they're going to act on it. Some men who become involved with teenagers may not have a particular disorder. Opportunity and other factors may have contributed to their behaving in the way they do.
Edited by TigerMatt at 23:20:08 on 11/09/17
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