Talk:pedophobia

RFV discussion: June 2023–June 2024

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pedophobia

Rfv-sense "An irrational or obsessive fear or dislike of pedophiles or pedophilia advocates." Tagged not listed. - TheDaveRoss 14:18, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

It's been years since I looked at things like this, but I believe this word is used by pedophiles to describe the competition, someone who desires a world where pedophilia does not exist. By contrast I dont think this word is in common use by the wider public to denote, for example, someone who imagines pedophiles lurking on every street corner and keeps their kids locked inside and away from social media (a behavior that could be described as irrational). In either case I dont think we will find much attestation of either sense in durably archived media .... probably just Twitter, if even that. —Soap— 22:48, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

To be honest, I've never seen this word used in an unironic sense. I've only ever encountered it in slippery slope arguments by conservatives claiming that LGBT rights are a ploy to normalize pedophilia. I'm pretty sure I first saw the term used in a meme to the following effect (paraphrased):

2015: Let us get married
2017: Bake the cake, bigot
2019: Use my pronouns or else
2021: Let me change your kid's gender
2023: Let me fuck your kid, pedophobe

...Do we have a context label for words that are only used in strawman arguments? Binarystep (talk) 02:56, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Well, we have one cite in traditional media listed at pedophobic in which it is used sincerely. I believe this sense extends to the word in all its forms, but I admit Im not willing to go searching for more cites, and I dont expect others to volunteer either. —Soap— 14:35, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

If this stays, I agree with Prinsgezinde that the definition should be reworded. The way it reads now, it looks like we're endorsing the pedophiles' view of themselves as normal and anyone who opposes pedophilia as irrational. It's possible that this word could also be used to denote someone who sees imaginary pedophiles everywhere, as I hinted at in my first post, such that they could be described as having an irrational fear of pedophiles. I would consider such a usage to be completely separate from the use implied by the cite at pedophobic, where it should be clear from context that it means anyone who opposes pedophilia (NAMBLA is an organization that supports legalizing pedophilia). However Im not sure we have a term for what I call the irrational sense, as such people can be described as paranoid or overprotective. So, if we do keep this word listed, with the definition of someone who opposes legalizing pedophilia, I think it should be re-worded. —Soap— 18:35, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Again I apologize for not helping with the actual search, but I thought of one more thing I wanted to add. This word sounded syntactically odd to me at first, despite my belief that I've seen it before. However, now I realize it makes perfect sense for it to have this meaning given that we have another word, homophobia, built on the same pattern of elision, in this case for homo(sexual)+phobia. —Soap— 11:15, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

I dont think anyone's willing to take this on. Leaving it up isn't going to change that. I wouldnt want to be linking to NAMBLA literature anyway, and the only other way to get three cites would be to turn up two more examples of a quote within a quote, like the one we have now. To be honest I don't want to go digging for that either and don't expect anyone else to. So .... should we close this out as RFV-failed? We could add a (rare) label and a usage note for the surviving sense so people don't come away thinking that this word can only mean a fear of children, a use which i suspect is actually less common than what we're challenging. Thanks, —Soap— 10:51, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

RFV-failed; I did try to cite this, but all the cites I could find were using the usual "fear/hate/dislike of children" sense. - -sche (discuss) 14:47, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

pedophobic

pedophobia's pedophilia-related sense still has no cites after several months. Pedophobic's pedophilia-related sense has only one, so I'd like to RFV it, too. they both need cleanup to address the issues raised above, if kept. - -sche (discuss) 19:55, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

RFV-failed; I did try to cite this, but all the other cites I could find, apart from the one quote already in the entry, were using the usual "child-fearing/-hating" sense. - -sche (discuss) 14:47, 3 June 2024 (UTC)