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I honestly don't know. When you are young, the age difference seems huge. When you are older, the age difference doesn't have such a big taboo. I think the main reason for this is because of education system. When you are young, you have so many different transfers: kindergarten to primary, primary to secondary (or middle/high school), etc.
But when you become the age for a university student, there is less transfer variation. You are usually studying, working or both. By default, you have already reached sexual maturity and your thinking is different because of past experiences.
But I think these things can confine. The "this is illegal" statement seems too strange for me. I used to know a very young girl (mid-teens at the time) who became the girlfriend of my friend (30-something). While I admit I do not enjoy this girl's company, they were very good as a couple and loved each other. I was closer to my friend and he told me that she used to have a horrible past. She experienced many things that I never did even though I was older than her. So why confine her preference if she wants to love an older man instead of her immature teenager peers?
I think this "paedophilia" concept attached to an issue as presented by the original poster is somewhat paranoid. Well, it is more like sex-related issues have this paranoid aura. For example, a father is holding his daughter but she is crying and screaming for her mother. Other people so quickly assume he is a paedophile. I remember a friend holding her nephew at the mall. She was very young and people talked loudly behind her, assuming she was a teenage mother.
As for the law itself, I honestly don't know if it is good or bad. It is good to prevent true paedophiles and immature teenagers. It is bad for mature teenagers and sincere older adults who just want a normal healthy relationship.
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