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It's a distinction some make, where pedophiles go for the kid kids, like prepubescent, where ephebophiles want the ones who have at least started puberty but are still kids.
Hold my beer, it's even more complicated
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronophilia
Don't ask me why I know, I just like getting to the grit of things.
I'm going to accuse some people of being Teleiophiles and Mesophiles.
Careful with the mesophile label, some microbiologists may start watching you with interest.
Lol
Okay, but then why did you laminate the legal statute so you could carry it in your wallet?
Never seen such a loaded some.
Actually it's sort of scientific consensus. Not that it matters much for casual conversation (do not fuck minors, what's so hard about that), but the distinction is real.
obligatory nerdy note that all those -philias refer to attraction, and not action; pedophile might not abuse children but still be pedophile; child abuser is not necessarily pedophile