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I wasn't comparing an eighteen year old to a ten year old. I wasn't trying to compare someone who engages in sex with eighteen year olds nor the morality contrast with ten year olds. I asked a question, since there was a sub-discussion based on labels of those who are sexually interested in some teenagers.
There was talk of ephebophilia and the sexual attraction to 14-16 year olds. I know there are a lot of people who get overly (in my opinion) excited over a girl who just turns 18, like it's a farmer's market and they were an apple that just became ripe. Although, now that I googled it, I found this:
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There was talk of ephebophilia and the sexual attraction to 14-16 year olds. I know there are a lot of people who get overly (in my opinion) excited over a girl who just turns 18, like it's a farmer's market and they were an apple that just became ripe. Although, now that I googled it, I found this:
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- Ephebophilia is the primary or exclusive adult sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid 20th century. It is one of a number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed under the technical term chronophilia."
But I'm not saying that it's the same thing as a ten year old and a thirty/forty-something. It's not, and I've always felt that way. I've seen a sixteen year old arrested for statutory rape for having sex with his fifteen year old girlfriend. (Age of consent in MA is 16 years old.) I felt them having sex, in a mall of no less, stupid, but didn't feel it necessary that it should be criminal. (Also, to clarify, I used to be a security officer at a mall. I wasn't the officer who caught them, but I was on duty.)
