The Unexceptional Jeffrey Epstein

The gap between Epstein and ‘normal’ men who see women’s bodies as their reward isn’t nearly as wide as we like to think

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I recently wrote a novel about the impact of childhood sexual abuse. Earlier this week, an interviewer asked me why I don’t call it a novel about “pedophilia.” He also asked why I don’t like to call myself a…