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Ephebophilia is defined as an erotic age preference (chronophilia) for sexually mature youth, usually between 15-19 years of age. It is often used to distinguish an attraction to older teenagers from an attraction to prepubescent or pubescent youth (described as pedophilia and hebephilia respectively). A person with such attractions is referred to as an ephebophile. Researchers connected to CAMH tend to distinguish hebephilia ("preference for 11–14 year-olds") from ephebophilia ("preference for 15–19 year-olds").[1]
Confusion over distinction vs Hebephilia, and lack of concept validity
Some minor attracted people, sexologists, psychiatrists and psychologists question the conceptual validity of this category, arguing that for the majority of men, heterosexual ephebophilia might be "normative" or teleiophilic. One of the most frequent criticisms of "Ephebophilia", is the implausibility of a chronophilia category that orients itself roughly to the beginning of the final Tanner Stage (5), and then ends in a developmental "no man's land" at around age 18/19. Pedophilia and Hebephilia, on the other hand, are well-aligned with developmental milestones. Ephebophilia might, then be merged into teleiophilia, since a special attraction to those who are sexually mature but with less legal rights, has no basis in nature.
History, and conflation with Hebephilia
The concept of Ephebophilia has been described in both artistic and medicolegal terms. The first known mention of Ephebophilia was in French (éphébophilie), in Georges Saint-Paul's 1896 book, Tares et Poisons: Perversion et Perversité Sexuelles.[2]
The "Ephebophilia Cliché"
The term Ephebophilia is sometimes considered to be a cliché of online debates concerning sexual relationships between adults and older youths. It is said by some that the marque of a nitpicker and "pedophile apologist" is that he or she mentions the term "Ephebophilia" whenever such an adult is misdefined as a pedophile. This might, however, be an outdated cliche, as since the 10s, popular discourse has tended towards using Hebephilia to distinguish attractions (and sometimes erroneously - actions) from Pedophilia.
References
- ↑ Blanchard, R., Lykins, A. D., Wherrett, D., Kuban, M. E., Cantor, J. M., Blak, T., Dickey, R., & Klassen, P. E. (2009). "Pedophilia, Hebephilia, and the DSM-V," Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38(3), 335-350.
- ↑ Janssen, Diederik F. (2015). "'Chronophilia': Entries of Erotic Age Preference into Descriptive Psychopathology". Medical History. 59 (4): 575–98.
See also
External Links
- "Ephebophilia" - The full Wikipedia article.