A sexual perversion exhibited by an individual, community, or institution characterized by an attraction to children as the preferred sexual object.
Pedophilism highlights the systems in place that exploits or/and normalizes sexual attraction to minors.
specifically structures that legitimize a psychiatric disorder in which an adult harbors sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a child.
Examples
The investigation revealed a deep-seated pedophilism within the community, where neighbors chose a false sense of peace at the expense of the children.
When society treats attraction to minors as a 'lifestyle choice' rather than a crime it creates a structure of pedophilism.
Her theory stated that child marriage is a form of legal pedophilism that normalizes pedophilia through official government systems.
The school's failure to report her was an act of pedophilism because the court psychologist diagnosed her as a pedophile.
A sexual perversion exhibited by an individual, community, or institution characterized by an attraction to children as the preferred sexual object.
Pedophilism highlights the systems in place that exploits or/and normalizes sexual attraction to minors.
specifically: structures that legitimize a psychiatric disorder in which an adult harbors sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a child.
Examples
The investigation revealed a deep-seated pedophilism within the community, where neighbors chose a false sense of peace at the expense of the children.
When society treats attraction to minors as a 'lifestyle choice' rather than a crime it creates a structure of pedophilism.
Her theory stated that child marriage is a form of legal pedophilism that normalizes pedophilia through official government systems.
The school's failure to report her was an act of pedophilism because the court psychologist diagnosed her as a pedophile.
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)