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Line 1: '''Pedophilia''' or '''pædophilia'''(see [[American and British English spelling differences\|spelling differences]]) is a preferential or exclusive sexual attraction by adults to [[prepubescent]] children. A person with this attraction is called a '''pedophile''' or '''paedophile'''.<ref>http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec07/ch104/ch104c.html</ref> Standard medical diagnosis manuals, including the [[ICD-10]] and [[DSM IV]] currently describe pedophilia as a [[paraphilia]] and mental disorder of adults or older youths, if it causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. ~~This means you need help by being lynched and beat up. Victims can be as old as 15 and abusers as young as 16.~~ The term ''pedophile'' is also used colloquially ~~and by some psychologists~~ to denote an adult who is [[Ephebophilia\|sexually attracted to adolescents]] or children below the local [[age of consent]],<ref>Ames, A. & Houston, D. A. (1990). "Legal, social, and biological definitions of pedophilia." ''Archives of Sexual Behavior''. '''19''' (4), 333-342.</ref> as well as those convicted of [[child sexual abuse]] or [[child pornography]] related offences. ==Definitions==

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