And who might these someones be to govern us?
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." ~Madison, Federalist 51.
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As far as I know of no society has ever approved of pedophilia. Pederasty was and is more common than you think...
Edit: My larger point was that once a people becomes uprooted and alienated from its traditions (i.e. as the hyper-individualism of modernity continues apace) what was once unthinkable becomes increasingly possile. That's the pattern.