I will preface this with the disclaimer that I am a structural biologist; not an evolutionary one. It seems to me that this hypothesis is unlikely. Is there an

I will preface this with the disclaimer that I am a structural biologist; not an evolutionary one. It seems to me that this hypothesis is unlikely. Is there any evidence that: 1) Sexual preference is genetic? (It seems intuitive that women whose bodies exhibit extremely visual traits of reproduction would be selected for. However, I don't the connection between that and there being equivalent selective pressure on men to be attracted to that). i.e. where is the gene that makes men attracted to young women specifically, and how and why is that under selective pressure? 2) Is there any evidence that pedophilia isn't a mental disorder caused by something else? Hormone imbalance? Developmental deficiency? However, your theory does explain why so many more men than women are pedophiles, although it seems entirely inadequate at explaining the few number of women pedophiles that do exist. Either way, it's a curious and interesting point. Thank you for making it. In my opinion it's far more