What does “gerontophile” means?
Gerontophile?
April 28th, 2004 by goossun
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It’s not found in most dictionaries, but based on the known meaning of the root, plus the most likely meaning of the suffix, it would be analyzed as "lover of old people." This would imply that the writer thinks of the person described as someone who has an unhealthy sexual interest in the elderly.
I know that it doesn’t necessarily /denote/ that, but it’s the most likely reading. Trust me.
Here’s a definition of "gerontophilia." You can extrapolate the meaning of "gerontophile" from there.
http://www.odd-sex.com/info/gloss321.htm
i am an gerontophile who my age is 23.
ask me about that , because it is my sexuality
dearm….
Hahahahahha
Person with an unnatural sexual attraction to senior citizens.
Circe, who says it is unnatural?:)
i don't think it necessarily implies an unnatural or unhealthy attraction, simply an attraction.
Does it necessarily imply sexual attraction? I'm an audiophile but I don't have sex with my stereo or CD's.
A gerontophile is a person who has a sexual attraction for persons who are substantially older then themselves. I know many persons like this because I am a member of social networking sites that bring younger and older persons together. These persons have no attraction whatsoever to persons in their own age cohort and often complain how hard it is to meet people in an older age group.
How do you pronounce "Gerontophile?"
I beleive that there might be a requirement for two seperate terms for this. With consenting adutls, yes it is a just as healty of a relationship as any other; however, there have been serial rapist that target the elderly which falls into the unhealty. The "Gerontophile" rapist is very uncommon, yet they are difficult to apprehend due to their victim's either not surviving for trail or suffering from dementia.
I'm not really sure I get this…is it younger people being attracted to people +65, or is it like someone who's 16 attracted to someone who's 50?
Its someone who is attracted to someone who is quite a bit older than them like 20 years older at least. like me, I’m only 15 and I Fancy Ozzy Ozborne :P
I am a 57 year old male who never even heard the word Gerontophil until about 5 months ago when a young guy of 32 and I began seeing each other. I am not handsome but the young guy is stunning. He liked me because I looked older than I am. He has a partner of 74 with whom he still hs sex. He has no interest whatsoever with young handsome guys. The relationship with him was very intense and left me very bruised when he finished it. Why did it end you might ask ? First of all because I was too involved and more importantly because at 33 he feels he has only a few years left to conquer as many older guys as possible while his partner is happy to let him play. Through him I have met many young guys in the same position and all of them need multiple partners. Could it be insecurity ?
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