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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"'Tweens and teens' Epstein told him."
Others echoed that description. Just three months ago, as federal prosecutors were closing in with new charges, Mr. Epstein had a conversation with R. Couri Hay, a publicist, about continuing to improve his reputation. Mr. Epstein asserted that what he was convicted of did not constitute pedophilia, said Mr. Hay, who declined to represent him.
The girls he had sex with were tweens and teens, Mr. Epstein told him.
The last paragraphs of The New York Times article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-new-york-elite.html
TWEENS. So weird that Epstein was trying to downplay his pedophilia by using the term "tweens AND teens" as though teens alone wasn't bad enough? He had to emphasize YOUNGER than teens?
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"'Tweens and teens' Epstein told him." (Original Post)
AndJusticeForSome
Jul 2019
OP
I guess I'm crazy, but pedophilia vs hebephilia vs ephebophilia is a distinction w/o a difference
RockRaven
Jul 2019
#2
In my experience, the only people who care enough to argue the point tend to be pedos themselves. nt
backscatter712
Jul 2019
#7
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)1. don't shoot the messenger but he is technically correct
A pedophile is someone who is aroused by prepubescent children. No secondary sexual development. Meaning no pubic hair, no breasts etc.
RockRaven
(14,992 posts)2. I guess I'm crazy, but pedophilia vs hebephilia vs ephebophilia is a distinction w/o a difference
Minors are minors, parsing different kinds of minors is a distraction. It was illegal and immoral, full stop.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)3. States usually have age-of-consent laws on their books
There are places where girls can be legally married as young as their early teens.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,213 posts)6. But even states that allow early marriage
don't necessarily allow sex between unmarried individuals under 16 to 18. Alabama and Utah allow marriage at age 14 with parental consent, but their age of consent is 16 and 18 respectively. In Florida and New York, the age of consent is 18.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)7. In my experience, the only people who care enough to argue the point tend to be pedos themselves. nt
JudyM
(29,273 posts)4. Ok, maybe he prefers the terms rapist, sex trafficker and pimp.
Duppers
(28,126 posts)5. "tweens" equals preteen
11 and 12yr olds are children.