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Pedophilia is the attraction to children younger than 12-10 to around 3, this is what was occurring mainly within that island. Of course, there where women within their teens and adults which don’t technically qualify as pedophilia but are referred to it either way - which is incorrect.

Of course, pedophilia according to dsm5 on itself is listed as a mental disorder, nepophilia is also included. However, it is to say, attraction to those above 13 is not considered as a mental disorder. It also helps to know, that biologically such individuals are closer to adults than children, so it goes in hand with your last paragraph.

It is the sake that the legal line is essentially an “anchor” point, especially since we still believe in hoaxes which are related to growth and maturity. As such this incorrect view is projected to everyone even if the facts are different to what people expect.

In essence, the whole premise overall seems to be fueled by misinformation which is causing the whole “under 18” group to appear as one and the same, no matter the age. This is a major problem I agree, and the misuse of the word pedophilia tells a big story about it.

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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The reason you don’t hear more people explaining the difference between being a pedophile and being an ephibophile is that it makes you look like a pedophile.

Case in point.

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- Virtvirt588@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That is true, it is the case for all minor attractions. Within the current situation, the most prominent issue is that information is not factually based and definitions are skewed. Like the original commenter had said, this introduces ambiguity.
  
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- IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  the only people who know the difference are psychiatrists and pedophiles
  
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magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I swear to god if fedi starts defending “ephebophilia” as if its meaningfully different enough to matter I’m going to start cutting dicks off lmao.

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- Virtvirt588@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You’re missing the point here. This isn’t about defending whatever you seem to disagree on. Its the fact that you seem to think critical analysis is meaningless and “indifferent”. The first commenter had this message instilled, yet you are correlating this to things which where not even mentioned.
  
  In respect to the post itself, then yes the age designation is meaningless as you cannot redefine rape and abuse. It is pretty clear that this comment thread was for a specific issue.
  
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  - magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    Why should it matter to society what the difference between the two is, if the better of the two is still bad enough they should be hung by their toenails and beaten to death with a sack of hammers?
    
    After a certain amount of bad, there’s not much you can do to punish it.
    
    What reason do we have to discuss the difference, unless you think a 30 year old fucking a 17 year old is redeemable?
    
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