Gerontophilia
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Gerontophilia is a rare sexual perversion and form of fetishism where sexual desire is aroused by elderly women rather than a specific individual. Historically noted by psychiatrists like Krafft-Ebing, Wagner, and Bloch, it is sometimes associated with sadism.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
GERONTOPHILIA (from the Greek geron — old man and philia — love; syn. gerontophilism), a sexual perversion, a peculiar type of fetishism in which sexual desire is aroused not by a specific person, but by the age of a woman. Gerontophilia is love for old women, sometimes connected with sadism (occasionally homosexual love for old men). This perversion is very rare and has been described by Krafft-Ebing, Wagner, Bloch, and others.
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“Gerontophilia.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/gerontophilia/