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| |1= The age or age range to which a person is most attracted. | | |1= The age or age range to which a person is most attracted. |
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| | | ==see also== |
| '''Age of attraction''', or '''AoA''', refers to the age range of [[boy]]s to whom a [[boylover]] is most attracted. One's AoA may be wide enough so as to include all boys below a certain age, or may be restricted to a more specific selection of ages, depending on the boylover's individual preferences. There also may be some slight [[Sexual fluidity (dictionary)|Sexual fluidity]] both in AoA and gender as a boylover grows older. Sometimes those whose AoA favors younger boys (often under 6) may refer to themselves as [[little boy lover]]s. Those whose AoA favors teenage boys (who have reached puberty) may refer to themselves as [[teen boy lover]]s or [[Ephebophilia|ephebophiles]]. Factors in one's age of attraction can include both the physical and emotional development of the boy. As most commonly used, the term denotes a sexual as well as an emotional attraction.
| | *[[Chronophilia (dictionary)]] |
| | | *[[Pedophobia (dictionary)]] |
| Some boylovers resist claming any specific AoA for themselves, since they find that the ages of the boys they are attracted to vary much. They argue that a boy's age says little of his attractiveness. Others, wishing to express their special preference for particular ages without excluding a broader range prefer the term '''primary age of attraction'''.
| | *[[Hebephilia (dictionary)]] |
| | | *[[Ephebophilia (dictionary)]] |
| | *[[Teleiophile (dictionary)]] |
| [[Category:Dictionary]] | | [[Category:Dictionary]] |
| [[Category:Sexuality]] | | [[Category:Sexuality]] |
