Gerontophilia

For the film, see Gerontophilia (film).

Gerontophilia or gerontosexuality is the primary sexual attraction to older people.[1] A person with such a sexual preference is a gerontophile or gerontosexual.[2]

Etymology

The word gerontophilia was coined in 1901 by psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing.[3][4] It derives from Greek: geron, meaning "old person" and philia, meaning "friendship".[5] Gerontophilia is classified as a paraphilia, but is not mentioned in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or International Classification of Diseases.[3]

History

The prevalence of gerontophilia is unknown.[3] A study of pornographic search terms on a peer-to-peer network reported that 0.15% had gerontophilic themes.[6] Sex offenders with elderly victims do not necessarily have gerontophilia. There are other possible motivations for these offenses, such as rage or sadism, or the increased vulnerability of elderly as a social group,[7] which are factors that may not involve a sexual preference for the elderly. There are no studies showing that most such offenders are gerontophiles. In one small study, two of six sex offenders against the elderly showed gerontophilic tendencies.[8] Gerontophilia can also be expressed with consenting elderly partners in a legal context.[3][9]

Research on gerontophilia is limited to a small number of case studies, beginning with a paper by French physician Charles Féré in 1905. Féré described a 27-year-old man who rejected an arranged marriage with a 20-year-old "beauty" in favor of a 62-year-old woman.[3] Such studies commonly report that the subject had an early sexual experience with a much older woman.[8]

A figurative gerontophilia was a characteristic of Algernon Charles Swinburne's passion for antiquated poets.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ball, Hadrian (2015). "Gerontophilia". The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality: 427–500. doi:10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs183.
  2. ^ "Gerontosexual - MOGAIpedia". www.mogaipedia.org. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  3. ^ a b c d e Janssen, D.F. (2014). ""Gerontophilia": A Forensic Archaism". Sexual Offender Treatment. 9 (1). ISSN 1862-2941.
  4. ^ Janssen, D.F. (2015). ""Chronophilia": Entries of Erotic Age Preference into Descriptive Psychopathology". Medical History. 59 (4): 575–598. doi:10.1017/mdh.2015.47. ISSN 0025-7273. PMC 4595948. PMID 26352305.
  5. ^ Kaul, A.; Duffy, S. (1991). "Gerontophilia: A case report". Medicine, Science and the Law. 31 (2): 110–114. doi:10.1177/002580249103100204. PMID 2062191. S2CID 6455643.
  6. ^ Hammond, S.; Quayle, E.; Kirakowski, J.; O'Halloran, E.; Wynne, F. (2009). An examination of problematic paraphilic use of peer to peer facilities. Conference proceedings: Advances in the analysis of online paedophile activity. Paris, France. p. 65. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.167.8208.
  7. ^ "Sexual Assault and Vulnerable Populations". www.stopvaw.org. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  8. ^ a b Ball, H. N. (2005). "Sexual offending on elderly women: A review". Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 16 (1): 127–138. doi:10.1080/14789940412331290076. S2CID 143910365.
  9. ^ Milner, Joel S.; Dopke, Cynthia A.; Crouch, Julie L. (2008). "Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified: Psychopathology and Theory". In Laws, D. Richard (ed.). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, 2nd edition. The Guilford Press. p. 388.
  10. ^ Robb, G. (1998). Victor Hugo (in Lithuanian). W.W. Norton & Company. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-393-04578-9. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
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