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Pederasty or paederasty ( or ) is a (usually erotic) homosexual relationship between an adult male and a pubescent or adolescent male. The word ''pederasty'' derives from Greek (') "love of boys", a compound derived from (''pais'') "child, boy" and (''erastēs'') "lover". In French, however, "pédérastie" has been used as a synonym for homosexuality between adult males (see ''Histoire du mot pédérastie''). Historically, pederasty has existed as a variety of customs and practices within different cultures. The status of pederasty has changed over the course of history, at times considered an ideal and at other times a crime. In the history of Europe, its most structured cultural manifestation was Athenian pederasty, and became most prominent in the 6th century BC. Greek pederasty's various forms were the subject of philosophic debates in which the purely carnal type was unfavorably compared with erotic friendships and moderate forms, known as ''Sophrosyne''.〔Symposium by Plato〕 The legal status of pederasty in most countries is determined by whether or not the boy has reached the local age of consent, and as to whether such contact is considered abusive to the child. ==Expressions== Anthropologists propose three subdivisions of homosexuality as age-structured, egalitarian and gender-structured.〔(''Queering Anthropology'' Theo Sandfort e.a. (eds) ''Lesbian and Gay Studies,'' London/NY, Routledge, 2000 )〕 Pederasty is the archetypal example of male age-structured homosexuality.〔 Geoffrey Gorer and others distinguish pederasty from pedophilia, which he defined as a separate, fourth type that he described as "grossly pathological in all societies of which we have record." According to Gorer, the main characteristic of homosexual pederasty is the age difference (either of generation or age-group) between the partners. In his study of native cultures pederasty appears typically as a passing stage in which the adolescent is the beloved of an older male, remains as such until he reaches a certain developmental threshold, after which he in turn takes on an adolescent beloved of his own. This model is judged by Gorer as socially viable, i.e. not likely to give rise to psychological discomfort or neuroses for all or most males. He adds that in many societies, pederasty has been the main subject of the arts and the main source of tender and elevated emotions.〔Geoffrey Gorer, ''The Danger of Equality and other Essays'' pp.186–187〕 Pederastic practices have been utilized for the purpose of coming-of-age rituals, the acquisition of virility and manly virtue, education, and development of military skill and ethics. These were often paralleled by the commercial use of boys for sexual gratification, going as far as enslavement and castration. The evanescent beauty of adolescent boys has been a topos in poetry and art, from Classical times to the Middle East, the Near East and Central Asia, imperial China, pre-modern Japan, the European Renaissance and into modern times. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pederasty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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