In popular usage, the word pedophilia is often applied to any sexual interest in children or the act of child sexual abuse. This use conflates the sexual attraction to prepubescent children with the act of child sexual abuse, and fails to distinguish between attraction to prepubescent and pubescent or post-pubescent minors. Jā, pētnieki iebilst šādam lietojumam, bet sarunvalodā/ikdienā cilvēks vulgaris izmanto to tieši šādi, līdz ar šis islāma pravietis birku ir godam nopelnījis.