**It is a shame I cannot participate in this discussion under my logged-in name, for fear that some lunatic will cave my head in because of my sexual orientation. Neither one of you have a clue what you are talking about, in part because I'm guessing neither of you are pedophiles. To address Naif first (Naif being French for naiive, which seems to fit perfectly under the circumstances), how is it that if I'm attracted to an eighteen year old girl, I'm alright, mate, but if she's seventeen, I'm suddenly a pedophile? How is it that I'm 25 and attracted to an eighteen year old girl I'm alright, unless I'm 50 and then I'm a pervert? How is it that in many societies past and present, there are social parameters which allow for sexual contact between adults and children, with no stigma and hence no suffering attached, for either party? To get to the point, you're damn rights I'm 
  attempting to "advance (my) own interests" - and where's the crime there? To Athazar, you suffer from the same insanity which appears to have overtaken popular Western thought in linking pedophiles and child molesters. I have grave difficulties in believing you are a student of anything when you use this kind of language. The facts speak for themselves in that most pedophiles never have sexual contact with a child, and most sexual predators of children are firmly in the heterosexual (and not pedophile) camp. The DSM-IV may list pedophilia as a mental disease, but I suggest you not place too great a degree of credence on a document which in the past saw homosexuality as a mental illness until just recently. Both of you should get a grip on yourselves, prepare to open your minds to rational thought just a little, and visit Puellula, where rational adults discuss what it is to be a pedophile. My bet - you ain't got the balls.