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pederasty
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The criminal offense of unnatural copulation between men.

The term pederasty is usually defined as anal intercourse of a man with a boy. Pederasty is a form of Sodomy.

See also: sodomy
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] Married Constance Mary Wilde--1884 Began paederasty [sic] as experiment--1886 Paederasty became a habit--1889 Sentenced to 2yrs in prison--25 May 1895 Died in Paris 30 Novr.
Oscar Wilde, Fernando Pessoa, and the art of lying by de Castro, Mariana / Portuguese Studies
publication did seem a possibility, even though Shelley realized that a text which spoke so directly about paederasty presented enormous difficulties.
Love, Athenian Style. (Books) by Percy III, William A. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
The APA Sells Out Dear Editor: When I submitted "Paederasty in the Western Mind" (published in the Fall, 1999, issue of this journal), Congress had not yet made its latest contribution to the long history of demonization of paederasty that my article describes.
Correspondence by The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
 
 
 
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