Child Love Edit Meaning

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A synonym for paedophilia. Typically used by paedophileactivist groups. The word results from the English trainslation of paedophilia - the word "child" comming from Greek "paedo"/"pais" and "love" coming from "philia".

Paedophilia felt towards girls is typically referred to as Girl Love, while paedophilia towards boys is referred to as Boy Love. Paedophiles who use these terms often refer to themselves as child lovers, girl lovers, or boy lovers. This is usually meant to describe the sexual attraction by itself.

John Smith prefers to call his paedophilic attraction child love rather than paedophilia

See paedophilia, paedophile, lolita, statutory rape, age of consent