Alan Dershowitz is splitting hairs over the technical definition of “pedophilia.”
  • barnaclebutt@lemmy.world
    341·
    2 days ago

    Remember that Alan Dershowitz likely murdered his wife and molested children with Epstein.

    Edit: Also, why does the lesser Cuomo look like a pirate?

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    50·
    2 days ago

    What’s implied here, is, that there is direct evidence of trump having sex with minors. And enough people obviously know that it’s release is inevitable, they’re doing this tired labor of trying to redefine what a pedophile is or isn’t.

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    39·
    2 days ago

    Oh, man - when your defense has to boil down to “Yeah but sexually exploiting kids isn’t really that bad…”, you know you’re fucked.

    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Be VERY wary when you encounter a person trying ever so hard to lean into that invisible line between pedophilia and hebephilia or ephebophilia, because chances are excellent you are talking to a person who does not or will not understand the very real and lasting harm done by any of these acts, and possibly approves of one or more strongly.

      To be clear, I’m not talking about a sixteen year old who looks twenty-five; to me that’s an entirely separate issue. If you genuinely believe you are looking at an adult, IMO there’s neither harm nor foul in having thoughts there.

      Instead I am referring to looking at an obviously underage, clearly pubescent or pre-pubescent boy or girl and finding that sexually attractive.

      People who defend that by slapping the label of ephebophilia on it, when clearly the age and/or appearance of the victim does not rise to that standard, are hoping you don’t already know exactly what ephebophilia means, that it is different than hebephilia and pedophilia, and that it, too, is incredibly questionable.

      As a reminder for anyone not sure (definitions extracted from the first paragraph of the Wiki article for each):

      Pedophilia: sexual attraction to prepubescent children; psychiatric diagnostic criteria for pedophilia extend the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13

      Hebephilia: strong, persistent sexual interest by adults in pubescent children who are in early adolescence, typically ages 11–14

      Ephebophilia: primary sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19

  • khepri@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Oh man Dersh just continues to be the worst. Anyone who listens to the legal podcast Opening Arguments will have heard a lot about him.