pedophilia is bad. i'm seventeen myself and i KNOW a twenty-four year old is way ahead of me in maturity, a pairing like that is disgusting. a twenty-four year old has been in college for six years or is out of college. they probably have their own place. their brain is almost developed. they've likely had many romantic partners.
while i, a seventeen year old, doesn't even know what college i'm going to or what i will major in. i haven't had my first job yet. i still get grounded by my mother. i'm still a virgin and i can't rent a car or hotel room and i still get overwhelmed by outbursts of teenage emotion.
even teenagers unlike me, very mature teenagers who are responsible and have experienced too much of life already are still teenagers. there's some things you can ONLY learn through age. period.