Does Disney support pedophilia? I learned. Today that in "The Little Mermaid" Eric was 18 years old and Ariel was only 16?

[Anonymous]

[Toast792]

The little mermaid is an older film. Back then that kind of thing wasn't that big of a deal. And anyway, 18 is only two years older than 16. I understand that nowadays there is a law in place to protect minors, but that age range actually is very common in relationships...

[Agape93]

That’s not pedophilia. That’s called ephebophilia, an attracting to teenagers.

[MysteriousDarkness]

Pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder when a person sixteen years of age or older is primarily or exclusively sexually attracted to children who have not begun puberty (usually under 12 years old).

Hebephilia is when adults are mostly or only sexually attracted to people from early puberty until their mid-teenage years (generally between 11 and 14 years).

Ephebophilia is when an adult is mostly or only sexually attracted to post-pubescent teenagers—usually those in the age range 15–19.
With this said it would be Ephebophilia but not pedophilia.

[EmperorRetribution]

...
no

Netflix surely does with Cuties

[MountAverage]

Seriously? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[In_Trance]

Smh... no