re: #311 Justanotherhuman

The word that was used generally to describe a preference for mid- to late teenagers is Ephebophilia. It’s not used anymore since society generally accepts a wide difference in ages, as long as the age of consent is met.

Fourteen is below the age of consent today—as Warren Jeffs very much knows now.

In any case, one has to question whether the young women weren’t coerced into marriage. Helen Mar Kimball says she married Smith to ensure her family’s place in the highest heaven. That kind of pressure doesn’t scream “free and willing consent” to me.

The whole thing is skeevy.