Ephebophile

Quick meaning: Ephebophile is a noun meaning A person who exhibits ephebophilia.

Meaning

A person who exhibits ephebophilia.

Example Sentences

The hebephile sees the female adolescent as having adult development but vulnerability. There may also be a sense of safety from rejection because the hebephile may have had actual or perceived poor sexual performance with adult partners. The ephebophile is even more likely to reflect the emphasis on youth in society; in this case, the gay culture's emphasis on youthful appearance.

The term ephebophilia seems to have been coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in his Wesen der Liebe (1906), where he applied to sexually mature youths from puberty up to the age of 20; in his 1914 magnum opus, Die Homosexualitat des Mannes und des Weibes, Hirschfeld specified the range of love objects as from "the beginning to the completion of maturity, so approximately ages 14-21." The German research estimated that 45 of all homosexuals were ephebophiles. For women, he used the term "parthenophiles."

Word Forms

• ephebophiles

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ephebophiliac, ephebophilia, hebephile, teenophile, hebephiliac, pedohebephile.

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