A lawyer for Roy Moore told an MSNBC host on Wednesday that his ‘background’ could help him understand why the Republican Senate candidate from Alabama would try to date underage girls.

Unless you're set up with a friend of a friend or you meet someone at work, traditional dating typically requires frequenting bars or other public social gatherings in an effort to meet someone new.

The most serious claims include an allegation that he kissed, stripped and molested a 14-year-old girl, and sexually assaulted another girl who had just turned 16.

Three other women have said that he pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18, and he was in his thirties.

Moore vigorously pushed back against the claims of Leigh Corfman, who says he took her to his home and touched her when she was 14. But he also issued more generalized statements, saying: 'It would have been out of my customary behavior that's right.' Moore, who's now gunning for the Senate seat vacated when Jeff Sessions moved into the White House, has been accused by five women of abuse or impropriety.

The most serious claims include an allegation that he kissed, stripped and molested a 14-year-old girl, and sexually assaulted another girl who had just turned 16Asked if he ever dated teens, he said: 'Not generally, no.' On Tuesday, Moore made light of the claims that he molested a child and tried to rape a 16-year-old girl.