History Main / Ephebophile

* In ''{{Metalocalypse}}'', what killed Zazz Blazzymatazz was the singer, Doctor Rockso, getting busted with a fourteen year old girl.

Very controversial, unsurprisingly, especially when it involves adults and teenagers (teenagers running into age of consent issues in relationships with other teens is a different issue). It should be noted that the term Ephebophilia refers to a ''preference'' for late adolescents, so attraction alone does not necessarily make a person an ephebophile. Many characters will admit attraction to a teenager or two without making a whole lifestyle out of it.

* Crilly (James Nesbitt) from ''{{Film/Cherrybomb}}'' is a middle-aged man having an affair with his daughter's sixteen-year-old friend.

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[[caption-width-right:258:C'mon, you know it's true.]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:C'mon, you know it's true.]]

Very controversial, unsurprisingly, especially when it involves adults and teenagers (teenagers running into age of consent issues in relationships with other teens is a different issue). It should be noted that the term Ephebophilia refers to a ''preference'' for late adolescents, so attraction alone does not necessarily make a person an ephebophile.

A person sexually attracted to late-adolescent minors. [[YouKeepUsingThatWord Not to be confused with]] (and it invariably will be) a pedophile, who is attracted to prepubescent minors (or hebephile, who is attracted to early adolescent minors). Partly this is because pedophiles like to use this term to defend themselves by deliberately blurring the lines between discussion of pedophilia and issues relating to age of consent (see also {{Lolicon}}/{{Shotacon}}). Very controversial, unsurprisingly, especially when it involves adults and teenagers (teenagers running into age of consent issues in relationships with other teens is a different issue). It should be noted that the term Ephebophilia refers to a ''preference'' for late adolescents, so attraction alone does not necessarily make a person an ephebophile.

The age of consent varies from country to country and, inside the United States, from state to state, which further [[ValuesDissonance muddies the issue]]. However, even in countries where statutory rape laws do not exist or apply only for much younger age groups, some claim the difference is just sophistry.

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[[caption-width-right:200:Why did Kimura become a teacher? BECAUSE HE LIKES HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, THAT'S WHY!]]

* ''[[Game/ClockTower Clock Tower 2/USA]]'' has both Harris and Nolan. Nolan doesn't take it quite as far as [[StalkingIsLove Harris]], though.

** He's kind of funny case, in that he's definately a creepy pervert, but also happily married to a wonderful woman. It doesn't seem that he'd ever go beyond casual peeping and highly inappropriate comments, though those are creepy enough in their own right.

A person sexually attracted to late-adolescent minors. [[YouKeepUsingThatWord Not to be confused with]] (and it invariably will be) a pedophile, who is attracted to prepubescent minors (or hebephile, who is attracted to early adolescent minors). Partly this is because pedophiles like to use this term to defend themselves by deliberately blurring the lines between discussion of pedophilia and issues relating to age of consent (see also {{Lolicon}}/{{Shotacon}}). Very controversial, unsurprisingly, especially when it involves adults and teenagers (teenagers running into age of consent issues in relationships with other teens is a different issue).

** Thankfully for everyone (except the person in question), he seems more fixated on Kaorin than anyone else.

* ''{{Lolita}}'': Humbert Humbert
** No, he's only interested in 9 to 14 year old girls (the titular Lolita being 12).

*** That may be so, but Statutory Rape laws mean it's still illegal.
**** [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Uh, no, that's the complete]] ''[[CompletelyMissingThePoint opposite]]'' [[CompletelyMissingThePoint of what it means.]] "Statutory rape" means that it's rape because they couldn't have ''possibly'' given consent ''because they're '''not of age.'''''

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*** "Victims"?
*** Yes, victims. Contrary to popular belief, boys can, in fact, be sexually victimized by women.

* Nearly every person caught by ''[[Series/{{Dateline}} To Catch a Predator]]''.
** Depends on the case involved. Sometimes Perverted Justice catches guys going after kids as young as twelve. Very rarely do their stings use sixteen or seventeen year olds as bait.