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> posing as a 14-year-old girl to spot paedophiles Something tells me they don't really know what "paedophile" means.

lquist 13y ago
jcromartie means that adults attracted to 14 year olds are hebephiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia), not pedophiles.
- ianterrell 13y ago
  Thank you for the extra info. I had no idea there were multiple denominated chronophilia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronophilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronophilia
- jcromartie 13y ago
  Actually I just meant that it's not unusual for 14 year olds to be generally attractive. Some teenagers are models and actresses and popular because of their mature looks. If you seek out relationships with 14 year olds, then that's some kind of paraphilia, but if a teenager (virtual or otherwise) starts making the moves on an adult man, then you just hope he has the willpower and sense to say no even though, biologically, you couldn't blame him for being interested.
Camillo 13y ago
The worst part is that 14, 15, 16 were very common marriage ages for women in our own civilization until a few generations ago. Since being physically attracted to girls that age is now considered a perversion, the inescapable conclusion is that the majority of the great people in history, and of our own ancestors, were pedophiles. We are all descended from pedophiles, and our civilization stands on the shoulders of giant pedophiles. That should make people more than a little uncomfortable.
- true_religion 13y ago
  I'm from Virginia, and as part of the University of Virginia tour they always show you the one-time dorm room of Edgar Allen Poe, famous American poet. During the tour, some snarky potential student will always point out that Poe was both a paedophile (he married his bride when he was 27 and she 13), and also a proponent of incest (she was his 1st cousin).
outworlder 13y ago
Not only that, but in some countries, 14 is the age of consent.
- GuiA 13y ago
  And in Spain (where the research is from), it's 13 (but that will change apparently : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10089339/Spain-to-raise-age-of-consent-from-13-to-16.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10089...)

jcromartie means that adults attracted to 14 year olds are hebephiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebephilia), not pedophiles.

ianterrell 13y ago
Thank you for the extra info. I had no idea there were multiple denominated chronophilia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronophilia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronophilia
jcromartie 13y ago
Actually I just meant that it's not unusual for 14 year olds to be generally attractive. Some teenagers are models and actresses and popular because of their mature looks. If you seek out relationships with 14 year olds, then that's some kind of paraphilia, but if a teenager (virtual or otherwise) starts making the moves on an adult man, then you just hope he has the willpower and sense to say no even though, biologically, you couldn't blame him for being interested.

Camillo 13y ago

The worst part is that 14, 15, 16 were very common marriage ages for women in our own civilization until a few generations ago. Since being physically attracted to girls that age is now considered a perversion, the inescapable conclusion is that the majority of the great people in history, and of our own ancestors, were pedophiles. We are all descended from pedophiles, and our civilization stands on the shoulders of giant pedophiles. That should make people more than a little uncomfortable.

true_religion 13y ago
I'm from Virginia, and as part of the University of Virginia tour they always show you the one-time dorm room of Edgar Allen Poe, famous American poet. During the tour, some snarky potential student will always point out that Poe was both a paedophile (he married his bride when he was 27 and she 13), and also a proponent of incest (she was his 1st cousin).

outworlder 13y ago

Not only that, but in some countries, 14 is the age of consent.

GuiA 13y ago
And in Spain (where the research is from), it's 13 (but that will change apparently : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10089339/Spain-to-raise-age-of-consent-from-13-to-16.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10089...)