Aug. 6th, 2007 09:07 pm
Strikethrough/Boldgate continues...
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chicafrom3Six Apart/LiveJournal speaks! Just, you know, not publicly.
And to both sides of this debacle: can I please ask you to stop using the word pedophilia to refer to adult/teenager or teenager/teenager situations? The word only refers to adults who are sexually attracted to prepubescent children. Adults who are sexually attracted to pubescent minors or post-pubescent teenagers are properly referred to as ephebophiles, and teenagers who are sexually attracted to other teenagers are called...um...normal.
And to both sides of this debacle: can I please ask you to stop using the word pedophilia to refer to adult/teenager or teenager/teenager situations? The word only refers to adults who are sexually attracted to prepubescent children. Adults who are sexually attracted to pubescent minors or post-pubescent teenagers are properly referred to as ephebophiles, and teenagers who are sexually attracted to other teenagers are called...um...normal.
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