A chickenhawk or chicken hawk is

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used in American and British

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culture to denote older males who prefer younger males for partners, who may less often be called "chickens", ''i.e.'', the prey of the chickenhawk. Other variations include chicken queen and chicken plucker. It is sometimes used as a disparaging vulgarity within the

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community, or seen as a slur against people in that community. The label can be applied to a man who seeks partners with the look of someone young, regardless of their target's age. "Chickenhawk" also indicates a man who uses underage boys for his

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. The usage was publicized by members of the controversial group

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in the

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'' Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys'', although ''Time'' magazine reported it in this sense in 1975. The use and significance of this term have been the subject of academic discussions by Jonathan Alexander, Barclay Barrios, Samantha Blackmon, Angela Crow, Keith Dorwick, Jacqueline Rhodes, and Randal Woodland and popular reports.

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