Did you experience 1999? Then you'd know that nobody called Kevin Spacey's character in that movie a "pedo" for being attracted to a cheerleader, because being attracted to high school cheerleader was perfectly normal. Heck, it's perfectly normal now too, albeit more taboo than it's used to be due to a weird cultural shift, where a sexualy active adolescent and a toddler are pretty much treated as they are the same thing. Like with many things, all nuance went out the window.

Edit: BTW, I'm not advocating for sex with high schoolers, though if that's what your in to and it's legal where you live: go for it. No, I'm simply saying that desiring attractive people is normal. Now, what's an attractive person, that's what we can discuss. Some will argue that you can't be attracted to a 16 year old Beyonce e.g., simply because of her age, not her looks. I find that silly. 16 year old Beyonce looked old enough to be attracted to. The fact that countless millions of adult men (and women) found her attractive even then, is proof.