pedophiles, hebephiles, and Ephebophiles

Ephebophiles

Someone attracted to people aged 15-16 years old

Hebephile

Someone attracted to people on the cusp of puberty, 11-14 years old

Teleiophile

Someone attracted to people aged 17 or older

Gerontophile

Someone who is attracted to the elderly

Infantophile

Someone attracted to children 6 and under

What classification would Humbert Humbert receive, the character from Lolita?

Hebephile given his preference for those he calls nymphets-girls from 9 to 14

What classification would Michael Jackson receive if the allegations are true?

Hebephile

What classification would Elvis Presley receive?

Hebephile, Priscilla was 14

What classification would Jerry Lee Lewis receive?

Hebephile, he married his 13 year old cousin

Debate in psychiatry over hebephilia

Is it a medical disorder or simply a natural variant of human Sexual orientation and not indicative of brain pathology

What may happen if hebephilia is classified as a brain disorder?

It may be used in court as a defense

Ray Blanchard

University of Toronto, argued vehemently for hebephilia to be included as a disorder in the DSM-V; also argues that many people labeled pedophiles are not interested in pre-pubescent children like they are 11-14 years olds

Phallometry

Measures the volume change in the penis

The Blanchard Study

881 men gay and straight, used phallometry, they were shown images of nude people, different ages, like pics you’d find in a textbook(not pornographic) along with an audio that described a situation

What did the audio in the Blanchard study describe?

You are watching a late movie on TV with your neighbors’ 12-year-old daughter. You have your arm around her shoulders, and your fingers brush against her chest. You realize that her breasts have begun to develop…

Blanchard study findings

Some men were only attracted to certain groups, some were attracted to a combination; hebephilia is relatively common compared to other forms of erotic interest in children