Pederasty

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Pederasty (or paederasty) () refers to same-sex sexual relationships between an adult male and an adolescent boy; some authors also use the term to refer to same-sex female relationships with a similar age gap. Pederasty existed as a socially acknowledged and accepted practice in some premodern societies.

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