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hebephilia
noun 2
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3ADJ.
adolescent, heterosexual
VERB + HEBEPHILIA
included
HEBEPHILIA + NOUN
girls, preference
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noun
1
A sexual preference for adolescent girls.
This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)
paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction.
2
Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children and younger adolescents, usually between 10 and 14 years old.
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This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)
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paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction.
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