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In the marketing of legal [[pornography]], '''''lolita''''' is used to refer to a [[neoteny|neotenic]] female, frequently one who has only recently reached the [[age of consent]], or appears to be younger than the age of consent. Usually overlaps with 'barely legal'. |
In the marketing of legal [[pornography]], '''''lolita''''' is used to refer to a [[neoteny|neotenic]] female, frequently one who has only recently reached the [[age of consent]], or appears to be younger than the age of consent.{{fact}} Usually overlaps with 'barely legal'. |
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In the marketing of legal pornography, lolita is used to refer to a neotenic female, frequently one who has only recently reached the age of consent, or appears to be younger than the age of consent.[citation needed] Usually overlaps with 'barely legal'.
Origin
Using this name as a term for neotenic females originated in the 1955 novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov where it was the nickname given to the young girl, Dolores, with whom the narrator, Humbert, is obsessed. [1] In the book itself, "Lolita" is specifically Humbert's nickname for Dolores, and "nymphet" is the general term for the type of young girl to whom Humbert is attracted, Dolores being one of them.
In the novel, Humbert defines nymphets as being between the ages of nine and fourteen.
See also
References
- ^ Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. New York: Vintage International, 1955. ISBN 0-679-72316-1.