just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 7 days agoMegyn Kelly suggests Epstein wasn't an 'actual pedophile' if victims went through pubertywww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square251fedilinkarrow-up1757arrow-down18
arrow-up1749arrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square251fedilink
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up49·7 days agoWhen you start making defenses that involve distinguishing between pedophilia and hebephilia you lost a long time ago.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 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-up3·7 days agoWhat are these words? Is a square not a rectangle?
minus-squareFreshParsnip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 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
When you start making defenses that involve distinguishing between pedophilia and hebephilia you lost a long time ago.
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?
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