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Psychologists recommend against using the term ''pedophilia'' to denote sexual activities with prepubescent children, because not all people with a sexual preference for prepubescent children (i.e., pedophilia) commit such acts, and child molesters often lack a strong sexual interest in prepubescent children. Also the common use of the term pedophilia, to mean any adult who has sex with any minor (i.e., under 18), is not correct. Pedophilia specifically refers to attraction to prepubescents, not to all minors. See [[w:Pedophilia#Prevalence_and_child_molestation|Wikipedia]] for more information. |
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# [[sexual| |
# Primary or exclusive [[sexual|sexual]] [[feeling]]s or [[desire]]s directed by adults or adolescents 16 and older towards prepubescent [[child]]ren. {{defdate|from 20th c.}} |
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#* '''2004''', Ronald J. Comer, ''Fundamentals of abnormal psychology'', page 341: |
#* '''2004''', Ronald J. Comer, ''Fundamentals of abnormal psychology'', page 341: |
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#*: Some people with '''pedophilia''' are attracted only to children; others are attracted to adults as well (APA, 2000, 1994). |
#*: Some people with '''pedophilia''' are attracted only to children; others are attracted to adults as well (APA, 2000, 1994). |
Revision as of 04:52, 23 April 2015
English
Alternative forms
- paedophilia (British)
- pædophilia (British, dated)
Etymology
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Usage note
Psychologists recommend against using the term pedophilia to denote sexual activities with prepubescent children, because not all people with a sexual preference for prepubescent children (i.e., pedophilia) commit such acts, and child molesters often lack a strong sexual interest in prepubescent children. Also the common use of the term pedophilia, to mean any adult who has sex with any minor (i.e., under 18), is not correct. Pedophilia specifically refers to attraction to prepubescents, not to all minors. See Wikipedia for more information.
Noun
pedophilia (usually uncountable, plural pedophilias)
- Primary or exclusive sexual feelings or desires directed by adults or adolescents 16 and older towards prepubescent children. [from 20th c.]
- 2004, Ronald J. Comer, Fundamentals of abnormal psychology, page 341:
- Some people with pedophilia are attracted only to children; others are attracted to adults as well (APA, 2000, 1994).
- 2007, Margaret Mary Wright, Judicial decision making in child sexual abuse cases, page 122:
- As noted earlier, pedophilia was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of pedophilia.
- 2009, Ann Kring, Sheri Johnson, Gerald C. Davison, Abnormal Psychology:
- Sometimes a man with pedophilia is content to stroke the child's hair, but he may also manipulate the child's genitalia, [...]
- 2004, Ronald J. Comer, Fundamentals of abnormal psychology, page 341:
- Sexual activity between adults and (prepubescent) children.
- 1998, Andrew L. Kaufman, Cardozo (ISBN 0674096452), page 25:
- Fifteen months later, a committee of the congregation found that he had sexually abused several boys within the congregation. […] The fact that Alger committed pedophilia at the age of thirty-four casts a shadow over his subsequent yearning for relationships with boys and young men, but there is no evidence of any later misconduct.
- 2005, Carol Weiss Lewis, Stuart Gilman, The ethics challenge in public service: a problem-solving guide, page 88:
- Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in pedophilia, [...]
- 2009, Nancy Cavender, Howard Kahane, Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life, page 309:
- It's quite another (a bad idea) to expect amateurs to figure out who is telling the truth about Iraq, or which priests have committed pedophilia.
- 1998, Andrew L. Kaufman, Cardozo (ISBN 0674096452), page 25:
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