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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

To be technically correct, as far as I understand it Epstein was not and did not cater to pedophiles (prepubescent). They catered to Ephebophiles (14-19) and Hebephiles (pubescent, or 11-14).

Men who were adults in the seventies and eighties (boomers for sure) had a strange fascination with teen girls. It's all over film and music of the era. I'm Gen-X and I found it as gross then as I do today. I never got how the culture at large didn't have a huge problem with it.

[-] marte@lemmy.eco.br 39 points 2 days ago

I understand not every predatory sexual behavior towards young people is pedophilic, because young people vary in age and maturity.

However, this is such a strange and uncalled "technically correct" reply, why would we care enough to differentiate between hebephile or whatever it is called and pedophile. Nobody cares, it's still predatory and gross behavior no matter the name.

[-] prole 2 points 1 day ago

However, this is such a strange and uncalled “technically correct” reply

There's always at least one...

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