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The term pedophilia may be defined as the erotic orientation of persons whose sexual attraction to prepubescent children exceeds their sexual attraction to pubescent or physically mature persons (Freund 1981).
Bailey, J. Michael (2009). “What is Sexual Orientation and Do Women Have One?,” in Hope, Debra A. (ed.) Contemporary Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities, p. 50.
Pedophiles are men who are more sexually aroused by children than they are by adults of either sex. That is, their sexual orientation is toward children.
Seto, Michael (2012). “Is Pedophilia a Sexual Orientation?”, Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 41, p. 233.
By the above definition of sexual orientation — and most common definitions of sexual orientation — pedophilia can be viewed as a sexual age orientation based on the more limited evidence available regarding its age of onset, associations with sexual and romantic behavior, and stability over time.
