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Originally Posted by Pretty_please1
Is it normal for a 38 year old man to be sexually attracted to 14-18 year old teenage girls?
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Or if I'm just reading into things to much and this is normal for men.
Please help! Any input is better than nothing.
Thank you
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OK, I think you are using the word "normal" in the title of the thread and in OP in two different senses:
1) is he normal as opposed to sick?
He is normal - he does not meet the definition of a pedophile since he is not attracted to prepubescent girls
"As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia or paedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in persons 16 years of age or older typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest toward prepubescent children (generally age 11 years or younger, though specific diagnosis criteria for the disorder extends the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13).[1][2][3][4] An adolescent who is 16 years of age or older must be at least five years older than the prepubescent child before the attraction can be diagnosed as pedophilia.[1][2]
The term has a range of definitions, as found in psychiatry, psychology, the vernacular, and law enforcement. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) defines pedophilia as a "disorder of adult personality and behaviour" in which there is a sexual preference for children of prepubertal or early pubertal age.[5] According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), it is a paraphilia in which adults or adolescents 16 years of age or older have intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and fantasies about prepubescent children that they have either acted on or which cause them distress or interpersonal difficulty.[1]" (wikipedia)
2) is he normal as in "average" or even "all men are like him"?
No, he is not. Some men are and some aren't. Probably more aren't than are.