[UA] Re: TABOO

[David M Jacobs]

At 01:46 PM 22/04/02 -0400, Stacy Stroud wrote:

>At 02:57 AM 4/23/02 +0930, you wrote:
>>
>>Hebephilia: an obsession or fascination with youth (hebe- from the Greek for
>>"youth")
>
>Sometimes used more specifically for an adult's sexual attraction to a 
>child in early puberty, as a contrast to "pedophilia" (which is reserved 
>for prepubescent children).

Although over here, it's used to describe an attraction to *barely* legal 
partners, at least by those who label themselves hebephiles, then have to 
use the distinction to defend their tastes.  (In NSW, the age of consent is 
16, unless the youth in question is gay; in which case, it's 18.)



David M Jacobs
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