Meaning of parthenophile | Babel Free

Definitions

One who is sexually attracted to adolescent girls, particularly virgins

Examples

“According to the age of the attracting person homosexuals are divisible into ephebophiles (lovers of youths, 14-21), androphiles (grown men up to the period of old age), gerontophiles (lovers of the aged) and pedophiles (lovers of small boys). The two latter are not as conspicuous as the two former, which compromise 45 per cent of the whole. The corresponding divisions in women are parthenophiles (lovers of young women, virgins), gynecophiles (lovers of adult women), grasphiles (lovers of old women), and korophiles (lovers of undeveloped girls).”

“Even for Caliban's unpeopled isle Still taunted by the fragrance of Miranda. Father Gilhooly, plump parthenophile, Peeps through the alders, praying in the while Saint Nicholas will send her comfort and a Great cuddly plush, yet somehow sentient, panda. (this also appears on page 19 of The Carleton Miscellany, Volume 9 Number 4, Fall 1968)”

“So before damning Waldo Sabine, the parthenophile, I would draw your attention to an English proverb first recorded in 1670, “Eggs of an hour, fish of ten [hours], bread of a day, a woman of fifteen..."”

“in his 1914 magnum opus, Die Homosexualitat des Mannes und des Weibes, Hirschfeld specified the range of love objects as from "the beginning to the completion of maturity, so approximately ages 14-21." The German research estimated that 45 of all homosexuals were ephebophiles. For women, he used the term "parthenophiles."”

“evolution is not 'interested': it does not proceed from the intentions of individual actors, be they scheming women or parthenophile (virgin-loving) men”

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