hebephilia
English edit
Etymology edit
hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia.
Noun edit
hebephilia (uncountable)
- A sexual preference for adolescent girls.
- 1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216
- This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)
- 1989 Robert H. Rencken Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 10:
- paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction.
- Coordinate terms: korophilia, parthenophilia
- 1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216
- Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children.
- Coordinate terms: ephebophilia, pedophilia, teleiophilia
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- ephebophilia, a preference for adolescent boys
- pederasty, romantic or sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy
Further reading edit
- hebephilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia