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To: Red Badger

Another word being made meaningless, “pedophile”.

If pedophile now means having relations with 15 and 17 year old girls then what are we going to call men that want sex with 5 and 8 year olds?

pe·​do·​phil·​ia ˌpe-də-ˈfi-lē-ə ˌpē- : sexual perversion in which children are the preferred sexual object. specifically : a psychiatric disorder in which an adult has sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a prepubescent child.


36 posted on 05/09/2024 9:20:37 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12
Another word being made meaningless, “pedophile”....
pe·​do·​phil·​ia ˌpe-də-ˈfi-lē-ə ˌpē- : sexual perversion in which children are the preferred sexual object. specifically : a psychiatric disorder in which an adult has sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a prepubescent child.

It's because the technical term for "sex with teens under 18" is ephebophile, which isn't as easy for people to say or remember.

Sort of like how the word "mural", which going all the way back to Latin has always meant "art painted on a wall", is now the word for "image painted on a street."

50 posted on 05/09/2024 11:06:28 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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