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| raf (raffie@home.com) |
2008/06/01 16:41 |
squiggle <squiggle@squiggle.squiggle> wrote in
news:Xns9AB163BFC2Eakqo98cv@140.99.99.130:
> glen@fiddich.com wrote in
> news:7sv0k.905741$Gl5.892786@fe02.news.easynews.com:
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>> now i'm curious - which image was by Cosidetto? i have come across
>> this article before,
>> but it is nice to read it again. i have considered subscribing to
>> Destroyer but have never done anything about it.
>>
>> it is interesting to read the perspective of this man of 74 years. he
>> highlights that those of us who are lovers of teenboys
>> are always living on an edge. interesting that he did not align with
>> the term 'gay' - i know i thought that i was just gay at
>> first, but later in life i had my second 'coming out' - i don't mind
>> the term 'pederast' either (it's certainly better than 'pedophile')
>>
>> thanks again for posting this article. i might also post some
>> literature - a book (chapter by chapter) about a man who also loved
>> teenage boys which had a big impact on my life.
>>
>> glen
>
> As far as I am aware, the term pederast is inaccurate. The legal
> definition is "the criminal offense of unnatural copulation between
> men", while pederasty seems to be defined as "anal intercourse of a
> man with a boy". There is, however, a word, with various spellings
> which does define a teen boy lover: hebophile, or sometimes ebophile.
> Googling will give a lot of information, most derogatory and failing
> to take into account that the age of male-to-male sexual consent in
> much of Europe is 16, or lower.
>
> Which image was Cosidetto? I'm afraid I deleted it but if you
> downloaded the sets I posted, it was beach boys 037.
>
I think the right word is ephebophile, from the greek word ephebos
("adolescent"), age rage from about 12/13 - 18/20.
raf
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