Zoomap is an identity that can mean two types of attraction: a combination of [[minor attraction]] and zoophilia, or an attraction to animal cubs. Many people with a zoomap identity are both.
'''Nepiophilia''' is an attraction to newborns, infants and toddlers under five years of age. Sometimes it is defined only as an attraction to toddlers, with '''infantophilia''' being a separate term for an attraction towards even younger ages. Sometimes these terms are seen as synonymous.
It is unclear who coined this term, but it has been in use in Tumblr and Twitter map communities. The earliest relevant Twitter search results are dated 2019 and 2020. </br>
The zoomap flag has been posted by Comet Vomit on January 31, 2022, to nnia.space. The flag features Greek letters zeta (which has been present on zoophile flags since at least 2016) and mu (actively used as a map symbol in mid 2019 on Twitter). A spike of public interest to this identity can probably be attributed to a fediverse instance zetamu.club (later zetamu.love, currently inactive), owned by a Twitter zoo blogger Sappho who became known after multiple dating scandals.</br>
== History of the term ==
This identity causes outrage among the ZETA movement<ref>[https://www.zeta-verein.de/en/zoophilia/zeta-principles/ ZETA].</ref> adjacent zoophile bloggers, who rely on separating zoophilia from the rest of paraphilias as a means to gain acceptance from the public.
According to most researchers, the word "infantophilia" in its modern interpretation was first mentioned in "Infantophilia—A New Subcategory of Pedophilia?: A Preliminary Study" by David Greenberg<ref>Greenberg, David M.; Bradford, John; Curry, Susan. (1995). [https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/23/1/63.full.pdf Infantophilia—A New Subcategory of Pedophilia?: A Preliminary Study]. ''Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law'', Vol. 23, No. 1.</ref>, described there as "a sexual orientation for children less than five years old." This was later elaborated upon in "A Profile of Pedophilia: Definition, Characteristics of Offenders, Recidivism, Treatment Outcomes, and Forensic Issues"<ref>Hall, Ryan C. W. and Hall, Richard C. W. (2007). [https://archive.org/details/sim_mayo-clinic-proceedings_2007-04_82_4/page/457 A Profile of Pedophilia: Definition, Characteristics of Offenders, Recidivism, Treatment Outcomes, and Forensic Issues]. ''Mayo Clinic Proceedings'', Vol. 82, No. 4.</ref>. Previously it was interpreted along with the term nepiophilia by John Money as: "If the eligible partner is an infant, 'infantophilia' is the diagnostic term. If it is essential that the infant be wearing diapers, however, the Greek-derived term for the diapered infant, 'nepiophilia,' applies"<ref>Money, John. (1990). Pedophilia, New Phylism Theory, and Paraphilic Lovemaps. In Jay Feierman (Ed.), ''Pedophilia, Biosocial Dimensions'', 451. Springer. Retrieved from [https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3CA15750CD7EC06C3052B55B5E16C76D Library Genesis].</ref>. However, this interpretation was later rejected because of the vagueness of the origin of such a peculiar and unconfirmed definition. Greenberg, on the other hand, is an exceptionally reliable source, as he studied actual MAPs rather than relying on theoretical assumptions.
== Etymology ==
The term consists of the Greek "νήπιος" (népios) meaning "infant" or "child," which derives from "ne" and "epos" meaning "not speaking." This is worth clarifying, as it is no less common for the variation of the origin of the term from an another Greek root "νέπους" or "νέποδες" meaning "children," or Latin "nepos," "nepotis" meaning "nephew" or "grandson," which does not explain the letter i in "nepio." And φιλία (philía) in turn means "love."
== Symbols ==
The nepiophile flag (pictured above) was designed by Pappy in March 2022. They also made a nepio caterpillar in 2020, taking inspiration from the [[childlove]] butterfly.
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File:Nepio caterpillar.png|The nepio caterpillar
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== Misconceptions ==
Empirical studies show that in the vast majority of cases nepiophilia does not overlap with [[Pedophilia|pedophilia]] and that among pedophiles the attraction to children of the nepiophile age group occurs in less than 10% of cases<ref>Bernard, Frits. (1985). [https://www.ipce.info/booksreborn/bernard/factual.htm#IV ''Paedophilia: A factual report'']. Enclave.</ref>, so the identification of nepiophilia and pedophilia or calling the former a sub-type of the latter is fundamentally wrong. In fact, nepiophilia is much less common than [[Hebephilia|hebephilia]] and [[Ephebophilia|ephebophilia]], making it the least common of the minor attractions. Due to that non-prevalence, there is much less publicly available information on it than on any other chronophilia. Although according to Howells (1981)<ref>Howells, Kevin. (1981). Considerations Relevant to Theories of Etiology. In Mark Cook and Kevin Howells (Eds.), ''Adult Sexual Interest in Children''. London: Academic Press.</ref>, Bernard (1982)<ref>Bernard, Frits. (1982). Pädophilie und Altersgrenzen ("Paedophilia and Different Ages of Childhood"). In ''Kinderschänder?—Pädophilie: Von der Liebe mit Kindern'' (''Child Molesters?—Paedophilia: On Childlove''), 81-109. Berlin: Foerster Verlag.</ref>, McConaghy (1993)<ref>McConaghy, Nathaniel. (1993). ''Sexual Behaviour: Problems and Management'', 312. New York: Plenum. Retrieved from [https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=BC4ECC209362DAFE5DD2DEF827628A15 Library Genesis].</ref>, and Lautmann (1994)<ref>Lautmann, Rüdiger. (1994). Unterschiede zwischen Knaben- und Mädchenliebe ("Differences Between Boy- and Girl-Love"). In ''Die Lust am Kind. Portrait des Pädophilen'' (''Erotic Affection for Minors: Portrait of Paedophilia''), 36-40. Hamburg: Ingrid Klein Verlag. Retrieved from the [https://archive.org/details/dielustamkindpor0000laut Internet Archive].</ref>, male-oriented pedophilia more prevalently blends in with ephebophilia, while female-oriented pedophilia more prevalently blends in with nepiophilia.
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The zoomap flag
Zoomap is an identity that can mean two types of attraction: a combination of minor attraction and zoophilia, or an attraction to animal cubs. Many people with a zoomap identity are both.
History
It is unclear who coined this term, but it has been in use in Tumblr and Twitter map communities. The earliest relevant Twitter search results are dated 2019 and 2020.
The zoomap flag has been posted by Comet Vomit on January 31, 2022, to nnia.space. The flag features Greek letters zeta (which has been present on zoophile flags since at least 2016) and mu (actively used as a map symbol in mid 2019 on Twitter). A spike of public interest to this identity can probably be attributed to a fediverse instance zetamu.club (later zetamu.love, currently inactive), owned by a Twitter zoo blogger Sappho who became known after multiple dating scandals.
This identity causes outrage among the ZETA movement[1] adjacent zoophile bloggers, who rely on separating zoophilia from the rest of paraphilias as a means to gain acceptance from the public.
