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editI support removing or rephrasing at least parts of this poorly-sourced undue content which appears as an attempt normalize ephebophilia, including "It's not unusual for a typical 16-year-old to be attractive to many men" without a systemic review, or even study, to support this.
Mid-to-late adolescents typically have [[Sex differences in humans|physical characteristics]] near or identical to that of legal adults.<ref name="Phenix"/> Because of this, scholars Skye Stephens and [[Michael C. Seto]] argue that ephebophilia contrasts what a [[paraphilia]] entails since "older adolescents are reproductively viable and the fact that typically men are sexually attracted to older adolescents, as reflected in self-report, [[psychophysiological]], and [[pornography]] use studies."<ref name="Phenix"/> [[Psychiatry|Psychiatrist]] and [[Sexology|sexologist]] [[Fred Berlin]] states that most men can find persons in this age group sexually attractive, but that "of course, that doesn't mean they're going to act on it. Some men who become involved with teenagers may not have a particular disorder. Opportunity and other factors may have contributed to their behaving in the way they do".<ref name=www.usccb.org/> According to psychologist and sexologist [[James Cantor]], it is "very common for regular men to be attracted to 18-year-olds or 20-year-olds. It's not unusual for a typical 16-year-old to be attractive to many men and the younger we go the fewer and fewer men are attracted to that age group."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Wesley|last=Stephenson|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28526106|title=How many men are paedophiles?|magazine=BBC Magazine|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=London, England|date=30 July 2014|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref>
Does anyone agree or disagree? Chamaemelum (talk) 07:44, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
- Your statement is based on cultural opinion, not on biological and scientific facts. So removing it would be a bad step, but adding more context that would explain why it is happening and why it is / is not acceptable in society would be probably useful. 89.22.81.167 (talk) 11:07, 28 August 2023 (UTC)