There’s a Distinction

Pedophilia is the sexual preference of adults for pre-pubescent individuals.

Hebephilia is the sexual preference of adults for pubescent individuals.

Ephebophilia is the sexual preference of adults for mid-to-late adolescents.

I’m none of these, in case you’re wondering.  But it’s annoying to me that any desire for/sexualization of individuals under the age of eighteen gets crammed under the same umbrella.

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