[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Not critisizing your choice of words. I just remember a similar thread that went on and on, not about the bad things Ritter was doing, but it kept getting sidetracked by a guy who was upset that pedophile was the term being used. It got very tiresome.

[1Old Pro]

You were right

I would like to make a slight correction here. Ritter is not in technical terms a pedophile, but an ephebophile. The difference is that he is targeting girls post-puberty, not pre-. I know they're still underage, but I like to call a spade a spade---oops, I need sensitivity training. :-)

posted on 01/30/2003 2:25 PM EST by MarylandPines

[WL-law]

I just remember a similar thread that went on and on, not about the bad things Ritter was doing, but it kept getting sidetracked by a guy who was upset that pedophile was the term being used.

Yes, I believe the correct word is "ephebophile", sexual attraction to a 14->17 year old.