hebephilia

== English == === Etymology === From hebe- (“relating to youth”) +‎ -philia. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hebephilia (uncountable) (dated) A sexual preference for adolescent girls. 1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216 This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls) 1989 Robert H. Rencken Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 10: paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction. Coordinate terms: korophilia, parthenophilia Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children and younger adolescents, usually between 10 and 14 years old. Coordinate terms: ephebophilia, pedophilia, teleiophilia ==== Usage notes ==== This term is not universally accepted among psychiatrists, due to possible overlap with pedophilia, and it notably got rejected from inclusion in the DSM-5. ==== Derived terms ==== hebephile, hebephiliac hebephilic pedohebephilia === See also === ephebophilia pederasty, romantic or sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy === Further reading === hebephilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia