Encyclopedia - Ephebophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ephebophilia - Culture Norms
In Japanese society, the attraction towards young girls is a widespread cultural phenomenon. The manifestations of such attraction, such ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ephebophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ephebophilia - Legality
While ephebophilia itself is not regulated by any statute, aspects of sexually expressed ephebophilia may or may not be against the law. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ephebophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ephebophilia - Legality
While ephebophilic desire is not regulated by any statute, aspects of sexually expressed ephebophilia may be against some laws. Depending...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Androphilia: Encyclopedia - Androphilia
1. Androphilia refers to attraction (especially sexual attraction) to men, whether it be held by men or women. It is also increasingly us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ephebiphobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ephebiphobia - Definitions
Ephebiphobia can manifest in the following main categories : the irrational fear of being near, among or in the company of teenager...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Debra Lafave: Encyclopedia Ii - Debra Lafave - Owen Lafave
Owen LaFave has been asked to be a part of the documentary After School which will study the problems of teacher/student relationships. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia - Child Pornography
The term child pornography (sometimes referred to as CP, child porn, or kiddie porn) generally refers to pornography featuring one or mor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rind Et Al. 1998: Encyclopedia Ii - Rind Et Al. 1998 - Chronology
July 1998 - the study by Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch and Robert Bauserman was published in Psychological Bulletin. December 1998 - the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rind Et Al. 1998: Encyclopedia Ii - Rind Et Al. 1998 - Criticisms
Criticisms of Rind's 1998 study are drawn largely from an article titled "Science or Propaganda?", authored by Dallam, et al. on behalf t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ephebiphobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ephebiphobia - Ageism Against Teenagers
Ageism is discrimination against a person or group on the grounds of age. Although theoretically the word can refer to the discrimination...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - References In Popular Culture
In her book Eichmann in Jerusalem, political theorist Hannah Arendt used the novel to help illustrate her theory of the "banality of evil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Definitions
The definition of "child pornography" differs in various countries. Most prohibit depictions of sexual activities involving children of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sex In Various Cultures
History of sex - The West. In ancient Greece, the phallus was an object of worship as a symbol of fertility. This finds expression in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sex In Various Cultures
History of sex - The West. In ancient Greece, the phallus was an object of worship as a symbol of fertility. This finds expression in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - Plot
A scholar, Humbert leaves Europe for the United States and moves into a rented room in the home of Charlotte Haze, after seeing her twelv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - Style And Interpretation
The novel is a tragicomedy narrated by Humbert, who riddles the narrative with wordplay and his wry observations of American culture. His...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - Publication And Reception
Because of the subject matter, Nabokov had difficulty finding a publisher, eventually resorting to Olympia Press, a publisher of "erotica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - Afterword
In 1956, Nabokov penned an afterword to Lolita ("On a Book Entitled Lolita") that was included in every subsequent edition of the book. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lolita: Encyclopedia Ii - Lolita - Influence
Lolita has been filmed twice: the first adaptation was made in 1962 by Stanley Kubrick, and starred James Mason, Shelley Winters, Peter S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Social Perception
There is a strong negative stigma associated with child pornography; most people don't want to be perceived as defending it. At times, le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Legislation
Production and sale of child pornography is generally illegal in most developed countries, although national regulations vary widely. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Issues Surrounding Prohibition
Laws in various jurisdictions often treat the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography differently. Each aspect of p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Age Of Consent
In many countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, and the Netherlands; "children" are defined to be persons below the age of 18. In Au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Other Forms
Although usually thought of and legislated in terms of photographs and motion pictures, child pornography can also take other forms, whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Sources
Production and distribution of child pornography is generally separate from other forms of pornography, and the adult film industry has t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Commercial Production And Distribution
During the 1960s and 1970s, Danish corporation Color Climax made a fortune producing and distributing child pornography. As child pornogr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Pornography: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Pornography - Demand
Available studies show that the majority of viewers appear to be male adolescents, and many of them are minor adolescents themselves. Acc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Reproduction And Cultural Gender Roles
The biological phenomenon that women become pregnant and give birth instead of men has shaped the formation of gender roles in world cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - The Sexual Revolution
Main article: Sexual revolution The sexual revolution was a substantial change in sexual morality and sexual behaviour throughout the Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Psychology And Sex
Especially before the development of dependable methods of contraception, the control of sexual behavior was of extreme practical importa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Same-sex Relations
History of sex - Historiographic considerations. Interestingly, while the reverse is often not true, much of the history of different-g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Religion And Sex
Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproduc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Politics Of Sex
With the rise of government and laws, personal behaviors, including sex, became increasingly politicized. The politics (and, therefore, l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Technology And Sex
Scientific and technological advances have significantly affected the enjoyment and outcomes of sex, especially in recent history. Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Pederasty
Many cultures normalized or promoted adult males and male teenagers entering into relationships that also had a sexual dimension. Typical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Zoosexuality
Prior to and outside the influence of the major Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), sex with animals (also known as zooph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Prostitution
Main article: Prostitution Prostitutes are individuals who sell the use of their body to others for sexual gratification. Prostitution ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Abortion
Main article: Abortion Abortion is an ancient means of ending a pregnancy, practiced since antiquity. Its legality has varied from countr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
For much of human history, sexually transmitted diseases have been the scourge of humanity. They raged unchecked through society until th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Reproduction And Cultural Gender Roles
The biological phenomenon that women become pregnant and give birth instead of men has shaped the formation of gender roles in world cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - The Sexual Revolution
Main article: Sexual revolution The sexual revolution was a substantial change in sexual morality and sexual behaviour throughout the Wes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Psychology And Sex
Especially before the development of dependable methods of contraception, the control of sexual behavior was of extreme practical importa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Same-sex Relations
History of sex - Historiographic considerations. Interestingly, while the reverse is often not true, much of the history of different-g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Religion And Sex
Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproduc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Politics Of Sex
With the rise of government and laws, personal behaviors, including sex, became increasingly politicized. The politics (and, therefore, l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Technology And Sex
Scientific and technological advances have significantly affected the enjoyment and outcomes of sex, especially in recent history. Histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Pederasty
Many cultures normalized or promoted adult males and male youths, usually teenagers, entering into pedagogic friendships or love affairs ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Zoosexuality
Prior to and outside the influence of the major Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), sex with animals (also known as zooph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Prostitution
Main article: Prostitution Prostitutes are individuals who sell the use of their body to others for sexual gratification. Prostitution ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Abortion
Main article: Abortion Abortion is an ancient means of ending a pregnancy, practiced since antiquity. Its legality has varied from countr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
For much of human history, sexually transmitted diseases have been the scourge of humanity. They raged unchecked through society until th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Outside Reading
History of sex - Ancient Greece. Hubbard, Thomas K. (ed.) Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents, Universit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ephebiphobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ephebiphobia - Pathological Forms Of Ephebiphobia
In extreme cases, pathological forms of ephebiphobia may be observed, especially when associated with violent acts (often but not always ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Tourism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Tourism - Tourism Involving Sex With Minors
While most sex tourists only engage in this activity with other adults, a small percentage actively look for adolescent or even younger p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Left-handed: Encyclopedia Ii - Left-handed - Left-handedness And Sexual Offences
Studies have shown that there is a correlation between committing sexual crimes against children and being left-handed. Cantor, et. al in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal
In the late 20th century, and especially at the turn of the 21st, the Catholic Church in several countries was confronted with a series o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia - Adolescence
Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adulthood (gender-specific manhood, or womanhood), repres...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal
In the late 20th century, and especially at the turn of the 21st, the Catholic Church in several countries was confronted with a series o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - -phil-: Encyclopedia - -phil-
Suffixes with the common part -phil- (-phile, -philia, -philic) are used to specify some kind of attraction or affinity to something, in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Legal Issues
A number of social scientists, including anthropoligist Margaret Mead and sociologist Mike Males, have repeatedly noted the contradictory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Legal Issues
A number of social scientists, including anthropologist Margaret Mead and sociologist Mike Males, have repeatedly noted the contradictory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships - Motives
There are many factors which draw both young and old into such age-disparate relationships. Age disparity in sexual relationships - Fert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Implications Of The Scandal
Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal - Celibacy and the scandal. Critics have suggested that the discipline of celibacy in the Catho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Diagnosis
The ICD-10 (F65.4) defines pedophilia as "a sexual preference for children, boys or girls or both, usually of prepubertal or early pubert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Footnotes
1 The age of consent, that is, the age at which the law presumes a teenager has the physical, emotional and sexual maturity to make an in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Implications Of The Scandal
Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal - Celibacy and the scandal. Critics have suggested that the discipline of celibacy in the Catho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Ferns Inquiry 2005
On 22 October 2005 a government-commissioned report compiled by a former Irish Supreme Court judge delivered a damning indictment of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Bankruptcy
Citing monetary concerns arising from impending trials on sex abuse claims, the Archdiocese of Portland filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Flawed Policies
Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal - Abusers moved from location to location. Some bishops have been heavily criticized for moving...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Abuse In Institutions
Like most religions, Catholicism has a direct involvement in other areas beyond parish work. Its many religious orders operate schools, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Threefold Allegations
The allegations concerned: 1. The sexual abuse by some religious and secular clergy of children with whom they had contact in the commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Abuse In The Community
The largely unrestricted contact clergyman had with children (through teaching in schools and parish links with families) meant that a ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships - History
Historically, unequal pairings are quite common, if not the rule. In Classical Greece men would typically marry around the age of thirty,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - List Of People Who Achieved Fame In Their Teens
Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attemptin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Preteens
The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships - Modern Times
The United States Census Bureau's March 2000 statistics show some 800,000 unmarried American couples are more than five years divergent i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships - Social Criticism
In some societies age-disparate relationships are seen as aberrant or even perverse. Historically, the "gold digger" mentality has been f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Advocacy Of Pedophilia
There are a number of organizations and web-based communities, together referred to as the childlove movement, that seek to remove the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Law
Pedophilia itself is neither a crime nor a legal term at all, as it does not describe an act, but a psychological state. [9] Sexual activ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Law
Pedophilia is itself neither a crime nor a legal term. It does not describe an act, but a psychological state. [9] Sexual activity betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Treatment
A number of proposed reorientation techniques for pedophilia have been developed, perhaps analogous to homosexual reparative therapy. Ped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Footnotes
1 The age of consent, that is, the age at which the law presumes a teenager has the physical, emotional and sexual maturity to make an in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships - Slang Terms
A number of slang terms exist to describe pairings in which one individual is much older than the other: Gold digging refers to a relati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - List Of People Who Achieved Fame In Their Teens
Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attemptin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Social Significance
In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, movies, television programs, vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Definition
The word comes from the Greek paidophilia (παιδοφιλια)—pais (παιδί, "child") and philia (φιλια, "love, friendship")...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Psychology Of Adolescents
Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since teens may not be emotionally ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Discrimination Against Adolescents
Some adolescents and adults believe that people between the ages of 10 and 18 (or 21 or 25) are subjected to unjust discrimination. This ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Puberty
Puberty is the stage of the human lifespan in which a child develops secondary sex characteristics as his or her hormonal balance shifts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolescence: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolescence - Preteens
The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Treatment
A number of proposed reorientation techniques for pedophilia have been developed, perhaps analogous to homosexual reparative therapy. Ped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pedophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Pedophilia - Law
Pedophilia itself is neither a crime nor a legal term at all, as it does not describe an act, but a psychological state. Sexual activity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Flawed Policies
Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal - Abusers moved from location to location. Some bishops have been heavily criticized for moving...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Bankruptcy
Citing monetary concerns arising from impending trials on sex abuse claims, the Archdiocese of Portland filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Abuse In Institutions
Like most religions, Catholicism has a direct involvement in other areas beyond parish work. Its many religious orders operate schools, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Abuse In The Community
The largely unrestricted contact clergyman had with children (through teaching in schools and parish links with families) meant that a ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Threefold Allegations
The allegations concerned: 1. The sexual abuse by some religious and secular clergy of children with whom they had contact in the commun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal - Ferns Inquiry 2005
On 22 October 2005 a government-commissioned report compiled by a former Irish Supreme Court judge delivered a damning indictment of the ...   » Read the article