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Mid-to-late adolescents typically have
physical characteristics near or identical to that of legal adults.
[11] 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."
[11] Psychiatrist and
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".
[14] 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."[16]