Pedophile
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A pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to (wants to have sex with) children more than adults or people their own age. In most of the world, people believe something is mentally wrong with pedophiles. The word "pedophile" does not, by definition, mean someone who has committed crimes against children, though it is sometimes wrongly used this way. The word "pedophile" only describes them as having an attraction to children, it does not have anything to do with their actions.
The condition of being a pedophile is called "pedophilia". Pedophilia is a type of paraphilia.
People are only considered pedophiles if the "children" they are attracted to haven't reached puberty or are just starting puberty. People attracted to youth past puberty are called hebephiles or ephebophiles. Those attracted to children 0-3 are called nepiophiles.
[edit] Advocacy
Several groups want to make society more accepting of pedophiles. Some of them want to make it legal for adults to have sex with children, although the rest of society does not want this. Groups that support adult-child sex include NAMBLA and MARTIJN.
