Gerontophilia – Wikipedia
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The gerontophilia (Greek : geron, which means « old man » and philie, which means « love ») is a chronophilia-type paraphilia (atypical sexual behavior) (arousal due to age difference) in which an individual is sexually attracted to a very elderly sexual partner[1].
Some people find themselves attracted to partners that are much older than them. The reassuring and initiating aspect of the elderly is often decisive. Gerontophilia can also derive from the intelligence, the experience, the calmness of people who have had time to live and find themselves available, ready to listen to others.
The sexuality of the elderly is not limited by the anxiety of giving birth for postmenopausal women. Likewise, older men who have had prostate surgery experience retrograde ejaculations that make conception impossible. Erotic literature and erotic cinema, for example, have extensively exploited the theme of the elderly with young people.
Are distinguished: aphamegamy (attraction to an older man), anililagnia or matrolygnagnia[C’est-à-dire ?].
In France, there is no ban on sexual relations between people with a large age difference. Marriage is not prohibited. Sexual assaults against the elderly are punished like other sexual assaults. However, these situations often result in aggravating circumstances during trials, due to the supposed or proven greater vulnerability of the elderly.
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- The film Harold and Maude tells a love story between a young man and an elderly woman.
- The film The Grand Budapest Hotel evokes the love stories between a man, Monsieur Gustave, and many much older women.
- The film Gerontophilia (2013) by Bruce Labruce depicts a young man discovering his attraction to the elderly.
- The film First name shows a forty-something (Guillaume de Tonquédec) in the middle of a romantic relationship with a septuagenarian (Françoise Fabian) who is also the mother of his friends.
- The film The winner (The Graduate, Mike Nichols, 1967, adapted from the novel of the same title by Charles Webb), features a young student having a relationship with a friend of his parents, Mrs. Robinson (which he will eventually end to turn to the latter’s daughter).
- The film Breezy (1973) by Clint Eastwood traces the romantic relationship between a very young itinerant hippie and a very wealthy real estate agent who is well past his fifties.
- The film Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud by Claude Sautet tells the story of an ambiguous relationship between an old man and his secretary.
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- Kaul A, Duffy S, « Gerontophilia – a case report », Med Sci Law, April 1991, 31 (2), p. 110-114.
- Michel Bozon, « The social meanings of sexual acts », Social science research proceedings, 1999, Volume 128, Number 128, p. 3-23.
- Hadrian N Ball “Sexual offending on elderly women: A review”, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, Volume 16, Number 1, March 2005, p. 127-138.
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