just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 23 days agoMegyn Kelly suggests Epstein wasn't an 'actual pedophile' if victims went through pubertywww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square284fedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down15
arrow-up1816arrow-down1external-linkMegyn Kelly suggests Epstein wasn't an 'actual pedophile' if victims went through pubertywww.rawstory.comjust_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square284fedilink
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up52·23 days agoWhen you start making defenses that involve distinguishing between pedophilia and hebephilia you lost a long time ago.
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·23 days agoIt’s like distinguishing between burglary and robbery. Maybe it makes a difference in the exact length of their sentence but they’re still both serious crimes
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·23 days agoTechnically, pedophilia is considered a mental disorder. it’s listed in the DSM-V. Pedophiles could be considered mentally ill. Hebophilia and ephebophilia aren’t illnesses. They are crimes.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·23 days agoWhat are these words? Is a square not a rectangle?
When you start making defenses that involve distinguishing between pedophilia and hebephilia you lost a long time ago.
It’s like distinguishing between burglary and robbery. Maybe it makes a difference in the exact length of their sentence but they’re still both serious crimes
Technically, pedophilia is considered a mental disorder. it’s listed in the DSM-V. Pedophiles could be considered mentally ill.
Hebophilia and ephebophilia aren’t illnesses. They are crimes.
What are these words?
Is a square not a rectangle?