Ephebophile

As a tag, "pedophile priest" readily and simplistically summons indignation that "ephebophile," a far more obscure word, does not. ❋ Hirsch, David (2002)

At what point does the man cease being a homosexual and suddenly become an "ephebophile" who, for some strange reason and in a thoroughly non-homosexual way, only targets male adolescents? ❋ Selwyn Duke (2010)

I don't much care for the term "ephebophile": preying upon sexually mature persons, male or female, is clinically distinct from pedophilia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But I believe his preference was teenage boys, which makes him not a pedophile but at worst an ephebophile (mid to late adolescents) who preferred 16 at the youngest IIRC, and even John Derek bordered on that (each wife was sixteen at the first tryst IIRC). ❋ Unknown (2009)

So I suppose it is appropriate caution not to throw kids below the age of consent into an unstructured, unsupervised situation with potential ephebophile sharks circling the waters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obviously, I think that you are the one that is very wrong on blaming the clergy sex abuse scandal on homosexual priests instead of on ephebophile and psychopathic ones. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My main point, as some people have brought up, is that this is not a "pedophile crisis" it's not an "ephebophile crisis" it's not a "gay crisis"...it's a crisis with priests breaking celibacy in general. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gus said: Obviously, I think that you are the one that is very wrong on blaming the clergy sex abuse scandal on homosexual priests instead of on ephebophile and psychopathic ones. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many of them are psychopathic, but the presence of guilt doesn't mean someone isn't a pedophile or ephebophile. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When they found out Father Mark Campobello who taught at their high school was an ephebophile with a predilection for eighth grade girls, they wanted to help the victims. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Well, I say that I am an ephebophile, and that's a good thing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As Valentine's Day approaches we face the now-expected spectacle of various institutions of higher education—including some Catholic ones, I'm disgusted to add—staging and promoting productions of Eve Ensler's ephebophile, male-hating play The Vagina Monologues. ❋ Mike L (2006)

Thank you for pointing out the difference between a pedophile and an ephebophile. ❋ William Safire (2004)

An adult male who was interested only in fourteen-year-olds might be considered an ephebophile. ❋ Hirsch, David (2002)

You're forgetting to take account of the special paedophile and ephebophile orgy at an undisclosed location in the countryside, organized in honour of the Pope's visit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Gives great insight into where a lot of game related terms come from too. ephebophile ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Ephebophile] ([pedophile]): I like...[uh]...'adolescents' ❋ IPengo (2008)

Guy 1: hey, she looks nice. Guy 2: dude, shes younger than the [arbitrarily] defined [age] of [adulthood], so you're an ephebophile! ❋ Arbitraryusername (2009)

It turns out the chick [across the street] is a ephebophile [after all]. I just caught her kissing that [new guy] in the tenth grade! ❋ Greek_Latin_King (2011)

Many [perfectly] [normal people] [throughout] history have been ephebophiles. ❋ Vas Deferential (2005)