I found this Reddit thread where posters discuss ephebophilia and hebephilia.
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Reddit talks about ephebophilia and hebephilia
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I find it unsettling that there are people who consider having sex with 18-year-olds as something “disgusting”, when it seems to me that adolescence is known as the age group people are most attracted to. So consequently, for someone particularly sensitive to the law, 18 should be about the peak of their interest—at least aesthetically.Would the professor stop at 18 if 17 was the age of consent?
Plus, you need to actually talk about what ephebophilia is. It's attraction to the body proportions of a teenager. 18 year olds are teenagers. Sure it's legal to fuck an 18 year old. It's still gross and in my professor example, unethical, and there are still millions of academics doing it, that never want to be punished for it.
Sometimes I get the impression that some people actually feel disgust toward old age, and what truly repulses them is the idea of imagining an “old” person having sex. They’re so disgusted by it that they want these people to have sex only with other old people. A sort of gerontophobia, so strong that it even spills over toward people in their thirties.
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They don't actually find it disgusting, it's performative. It's a like a student saying their dog ate their homework. It's also why any solutions suggested by people like that won't work; the answer isn't designing paper which is repellent to dogs. Students don't want to do homework, and people do want to date 18 year olds (and younger).Not Forever wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 3:46 am I find it unsettling that there are people who consider having sex with 18-year-olds as something “disgusting”, when it seems to me that adolescence is known as the age group people are most attracted to. So consequently, for someone particularly sensitive to the law, 18 should be about the peak of their interest—at least aesthetically.
They know this, but they're busy gaslighting themselves into thinking sexual attraction is infinitely malleable. "If we lie enough that teenagers are unattractive, then eventually it will become true."
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A big part of this is the hatred that younger generations have for the Boomers. It's becoming mainstream acceptable to not necessarily respect the elders. Generation Z parents have started the very popular trend of "going no contact" with their parents and not allowing the grandparents to see or interact with their kids.Not Forever wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 3:46 amI find it unsettling that there are people who consider having sex with 18-year-olds as something “disgusting”, when it seems to me that adolescence is known as the age group people are most attracted to. So consequently, for someone particularly sensitive to the law, 18 should be about the peak of their interest—at least aesthetically.Would the professor stop at 18 if 17 was the age of consent?
Plus, you need to actually talk about what ephebophilia is. It's attraction to the body proportions of a teenager. 18 year olds are teenagers. Sure it's legal to fuck an 18 year old. It's still gross and in my professor example, unethical, and there are still millions of academics doing it, that never want to be punished for it.
Sometimes I get the impression that some people actually feel disgust toward old age, and what truly repulses them is the idea of imagining an “old” person having sex. They’re so disgusted by it that they want these people to have sex only with other old people. A sort of gerontophobia, so strong that it even spills over toward people in their thirties.
It's also popular in Generation Z to proudly reject the older generation as a means of "breaking the cycle" of "toxic viewpoints" from the 20th century. The quickly expanding"nostalgiacore horror" genre of popular entertainment has the effect of portraying childhood memories and experiences with older people in a negative light.
All of these are societal norms we must act to abolish.
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Could you give me some examples?galileo2333 wrote: Sun Aug 31, 2025 1:49 amThe quickly expanding"nostalgiacore horror" genre of popular entertainment has the effect of portraying childhood memories and experiences with older people in a negative light.
When you mention "nostalgiacore horror", what comes to mind for me is Stranger Things (I’ve only watched the first two seasons) and PSX/PS2/N64-style video games, and I tend to interpret them in different ways. I see them as products born out of a kind of impatience with more modern productions, aimed at a more adult audience.
If there’s a critical interpretation of this kind regarding these products, I’m completely unaware of it. If you can tell me more, I’d be interested.
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Yeah. And what about the people in this age group that are attracted to adults? Are they supposed to be told by society that they need therapy, and that what they experience isn't normal? How awful. Thinking about this has only made me dislike myself and old people.Not Forever wrote: Tue Aug 26, 2025 3:46 amI find it unsettling that there are people who consider having sex with 18-year-olds as something “disgusting”, when it seems to me that adolescence is known as the age group people are most attracted to. So consequently, for someone particularly sensitive to the law, 18 should be about the peak of their interest—at least aesthetically.Would the professor stop at 18 if 17 was the age of consent?
Plus, you need to actually talk about what ephebophilia is. It's attraction to the body proportions of a teenager. 18 year olds are teenagers. Sure it's legal to fuck an 18 year old. It's still gross and in my professor example, unethical, and there are still millions of academics doing it, that never want to be punished for it.
Sometimes I get the impression that some people actually feel disgust toward old age, and what truly repulses them is the idea of imagining an “old” person having sex. They’re so disgusted by it that they want these people to have sex only with other old people. A sort of gerontophobia, so strong that it even spills over toward people in their thirties.
Am I not simply a human being just like you? But out of your norm.
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The amount of virtue signaling. Holy hell. I find it hilarious how these studies will come out proving that the majority of men are attracted to minors to some degree, yet somehow EVERY SINGLE MAN claims to be an “exception”.
“Yeah those other men are gross pedos, but not all men, I could never be attracted to a child, not even a 16 or 17 year old, im different and better”-All 4 billion men on planet earth
“Yeah those other men are gross pedos, but not all men, I could never be attracted to a child, not even a 16 or 17 year old, im different and better”-All 4 billion men on planet earth
0-11 year old boys and girls rock ma world
Re: Reddit talks about ephebophilia and hebephilia
I also find it hilarious that they cant make up their own minds on what they want to be mad at
If attraction to minors is considered a mental disorder in the dsm 5 they are mad because it “excuses pedophiles” and disproves the myth that stuatory “rape” is about power and control and not sexual attraction
If attraction to minors ISNT considered a mental disorder in the dsm 5 they are still mad because it “normalizes pedophillia” and “doesnt stigmatize and pathologize pedophillia”
Just mad to be mad. Dammed if you do dammed if you dont
You can literally see it in the comments
“Hebephillia and ephebophillia arent considered mental disorders because attraction to teens is common based on their sexually mature body type”
“But teens arent sexually mature and all my male friends say that they would rather be skinned alive than fuck anyone under 50 so being attracted to them is a mental illness and your normalizing hebephillia and ephobphillia by saying it isnt”
“Ok then its a mental illness”
“Saying that hebephillia and ephebophillia is a mental illness normalizes ephebophillia and hebephillia because your saying that its a mental disorder when really it is just about power and control”
“Ok then its not a mental illness”
“So your saying that hebephillia and ephebiphillia are normal and that there is nothing wrong with you mentally if you find teens attractive? That is literally normalizing hebephillia and ephebphillia”
“Ok then its a mental illness”
“YOU ARE LITERALLY EXCUSING PEDOPHILLIA YOU BABY RAPIST!1!1!”
No winning. Its “excusing pedophillia” to say that minor attraction is a mental illness and its “normalizing pedophillia” to say that it isnt. Genuinely, what the fuck do these people want they are so annoying


Probably the most annoying the about antis is that they can never make up their minds on anything ever and are constantly changing the rules just so that they have an excuse to be mad.
Like if a 15 year old fucks a 20 year old they are an innocent little child who doesnt even understand consent and shouldnt be held accountable for their actions and it doesnt matter how close they are to adulthood because they are still children. If a 15 year old fucks a 10 year old then they are young men who are almost adults that understand consent that should be fully held accountable for their actions.Like?!? Make up your fucking mind PLEASE
If attraction to minors is considered a mental disorder in the dsm 5 they are mad because it “excuses pedophiles” and disproves the myth that stuatory “rape” is about power and control and not sexual attraction
If attraction to minors ISNT considered a mental disorder in the dsm 5 they are still mad because it “normalizes pedophillia” and “doesnt stigmatize and pathologize pedophillia”
Just mad to be mad. Dammed if you do dammed if you dont
You can literally see it in the comments
“Hebephillia and ephebophillia arent considered mental disorders because attraction to teens is common based on their sexually mature body type”
“But teens arent sexually mature and all my male friends say that they would rather be skinned alive than fuck anyone under 50 so being attracted to them is a mental illness and your normalizing hebephillia and ephobphillia by saying it isnt”
“Ok then its a mental illness”
“Saying that hebephillia and ephebophillia is a mental illness normalizes ephebophillia and hebephillia because your saying that its a mental disorder when really it is just about power and control”
“Ok then its not a mental illness”
“So your saying that hebephillia and ephebiphillia are normal and that there is nothing wrong with you mentally if you find teens attractive? That is literally normalizing hebephillia and ephebphillia”
“Ok then its a mental illness”
“YOU ARE LITERALLY EXCUSING PEDOPHILLIA YOU BABY RAPIST!1!1!”
No winning. Its “excusing pedophillia” to say that minor attraction is a mental illness and its “normalizing pedophillia” to say that it isnt. Genuinely, what the fuck do these people want they are so annoying
Probably the most annoying the about antis is that they can never make up their minds on anything ever and are constantly changing the rules just so that they have an excuse to be mad.
Like if a 15 year old fucks a 20 year old they are an innocent little child who doesnt even understand consent and shouldnt be held accountable for their actions and it doesnt matter how close they are to adulthood because they are still children. If a 15 year old fucks a 10 year old then they are young men who are almost adults that understand consent that should be fully held accountable for their actions.Like?!? Make up your fucking mind PLEASE