Pedophile refers to someone who experiences attractions to prepubescent children. While this term has its uses, it suffers from two major drawbacks: 1. It’s overly specific. Not all minors are prepubescent, so not everyone who experiences attractions to minors is a pedophile. 2. It’s misused. The public and the media often use pedophile interchangeably with child sexual abuser. This clouds the term’s scientific definition and leads to confusion regarding the relationship between attractions and abuse. MAP, which stands for minor-attracted person, solves both issues. It refers to everyone who experiences attractions to minors without requiring clarification. Additionally, it is self-explanatory, and clearly refers to an attraction rather than any illegal activity. For these reasons, the term has become popular among child protection experts and minor-attracted people in recent years, and it has appeared in numerous studies published in reputable scientific journals. It’s important to note that MAP doesn’t replace pedophile, which is simply a subcategory of MAP, nor is it intended to be "politically correct." Both "MAP" and "pedophile" are widely utilized within the scientific community, but when it comes to people who experience attractions to minors in general, minor-attracted person is both more accurate and easier for people to understand.