What is the difference between Pedophilia, Hebephilia and Ephebophilia?
Pedophilia is the sexual attraction to prepubescent children. This means children who are so young they have not hit puberty yet, and have no body hair, breasts, have high voices, and mostly undifferentiated body shape. It is considered a mental illness. Hebephilia is the attraction to children who are in the midst of puberty, and ephebophilia is the attraction to people in late puberty. They are not considered mental illnesses at this time. Keep in mind that puberty is variable between kids. So attaching a hard chronological age is difficult to do without creating confusion or controversy. But generally speaking, when pressed for ages though, common estimates are that pedophilia is attraction to under 12 years old, hebephilia is attraction to 11-14, and ephebophilia 14-19. The causes of these, as behaviors, are different as well. With pedophilia, there is increasing evidence that something is biologically wrong with their brains. Most pedophiles have had head injuries when they were young, and MRIs of their brains show some abnormalities. Hebephiles seem to be a less severe form of this. But also hebephiles and ephebophiles (which overlap somewhat) it is less certain, though some argue they are not attracted to people because they are physically young (since by age 15 most females have adult physical attributes) but rather because they are mentally vulnerable to being exploited. Teenagers have unique neurological processes at work that make them extremely vulnerable to having their emotions manipulated, and an older adult person also frequently has status over them (i.e. they have their own place to live, are finished with school, and have their own income).
What the difference between Pedophile, Hebephilia, and Ephebophilia?
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Are you a paedophile, a hebephile, an ephebophile, a teleiophile or a gerontophile?
Necrophilia.
Whats the difference between a Hebephile and a Pedophile?
puberty