return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 hours agoMegyn Kelly questions whether Jeffrey Epstein's desire for “very young teen types” made him a pedophilewww.mediamatters.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down15cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkMegyn Kelly questions whether Jeffrey Epstein's desire for “very young teen types” made him a pedophilewww.mediamatters.orgreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 14 hours agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-211 hours agoEphebephilia or possibly hebephilia rather than pedophilia, but the distinction is moot, because non-psychology litterate people mean all minors when they say pedophile.
minus-squareSheridan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoCan’t wait to try these words at the next Scrabble game.
minus-squaremissingno@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up23·13 hours agoEphebophile (noun): A pedophile with a thesaurus.
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 hours agoOr a Psychology litterate with the DSM-V
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·14 hours agoThis is one of those technical distinctions where if you’re making the distinction, you’re already on the wrong side of everything.
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·edit-22 hours agoPsychology and precision in language using the diagnostic terminology of the DSM V is on the wrong side of everything? No one is excusing or belittling anything. People who hurt children must fry.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 minutes agoYeah, if you’re quoting the DSM V to defend yourself as technically not a pedophile, then yes you’ve crossed the rubicon of decency.
minus-squareTheBlackLounge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·9 hours agoI’d say there’s nothing inherently wrong with any of these. It’s the child trafficking and child molestation that’s the issue.
minus-squaresnooggums@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-214 hours agoJust like the difference between a scientific theory and a layman’s theory!
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 hours agoAnother technical aspect: all of the philias relate to attraction to something, rather than having sex with it. One could have necrophilia and yet never have sex with a corpse or not have necrophilia and still have sex with a corpse.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up11·13 hours agoYep. I don’t care if he’s a pedophile, not, or something else entirely. He is a rapist and child sexual abuser.
minus-squareStinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·13 hours agoAnd presumably one could have sex with a corpse yet not be attracted to it.
Ephebephilia or possibly hebephilia rather than pedophilia, but the distinction is moot, because non-psychology litterate people mean all minors when they say pedophile.
Can’t wait to try these words at the next Scrabble game.
Ephebophile (noun): A pedophile with a thesaurus.
Or a Psychology litterate with the DSM-V
This is one of those technical distinctions where if you’re making the distinction, you’re already on the wrong side of everything.
Psychology and precision in language using the diagnostic terminology of the DSM V is on the wrong side of everything?
No one is excusing or belittling anything. People who hurt children must fry.
Yeah, if you’re quoting the DSM V to defend yourself as technically not a pedophile, then yes you’ve crossed the rubicon of decency.
I’d say there’s nothing inherently wrong with any of these. It’s the child trafficking and child molestation that’s the issue.
Just like the difference between a scientific theory and a layman’s theory!
Another technical aspect: all of the philias relate to attraction to something, rather than having sex with it.
One could have necrophilia and yet never have sex with a corpse or not have necrophilia and still have sex with a corpse.
Yep. I don’t care if he’s a pedophile, not, or something else entirely. He is a rapist and child sexual abuser.
And presumably one could have sex with a corpse yet not be attracted to it.
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