Message from @SPOOKY Phil, Ruler of Heck
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It's more likely that there are a couple of factors that cause pedophilia
-familial connections (IE. if you were molested, you might be more likely to molest)
-genetics
-culture
Repressing trauma and trying to normalize it would do that
Genetics eh?
Yeah, specifically relating to Serotonin and the PGRN and GTS genes (Comings, 1994 and Rainero et al. 2011)
Has there been a study on the connection with the normalization,of transgenderism and its increase
I can imagine that the causes can be quite different between pedo/ephebo/hebephilia too, even though it's often all called pedophilia.
Yeah, that's probably true
Pedo is probably the one most-likely influenced by trauma sustained during childhood (cultural influences, too)
I mean, some people call attraction to 17yos pedophilia just because it's illegal in some states, and the causes there would be widely different, most likely.
I'd argue that hebephilia isn't NEARLY as bad as pedophilia or even ephebophilia
mainly because older teens generally LOOK like adults
what is it exactly? like around 14?
Hebephilia is like 15-17 IIRC
but lemme check
okay nvm
well, then I'd say that just fine
I meant ephebophilia
on the upper end at least
hebephilia is 11-14
though Hebephilia kinda makes sense coming from a cultural lense
ah; yeah that's the border territory
specifically in areas and time-periods where mortality rates were high
I'd argue that Hebephilia is merely a byproduct of those times
That was Victorian Era, yeah?
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@SkeF Victorian and Pre-Victorian, actually
I see.
yeah; today it's largely a question of "can the person consent"
In periods when they didn't give a fuck about consent either way...
RE: areas such as Colonial America, where mortality rates tended to be incredibly high
(especially the Chesapeake area, from what I've recently heard)
I'll have to look into whether or not hebephilia's more common in that area, though
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