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Post by HELENA MARIA on Sept 25, 2017 20:54:54 GMT
...to date younger women than the other way around ? I mean seriously . Older men dating younger women are considered as "powerful" , "still studs" ,etc. whereas older women dating younger guys are a bunch of "desperate" , "pathetic" , "slutty", etc. "cougars" (God I hate that word!). And please don't say it's because "women age so much faster than men"  |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 25, 2017 21:04:05 GMT
Because women are supposed to become less sexual and more maternal the older they get. Society doesn't deny that to men. It all stems from the patriarchal concept that women should be less sexual than men or not sexual at all, and we still haven't moved beyond that notion unfortunately.
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Post by cherry68 on Sept 25, 2017 21:09:24 GMT
Well, I married a younger man 🤷🏻♀️.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 25, 2017 21:12:50 GMT
Some of it is logical and has nothing to do with sex or sexual terminology. A 20 year girl has to put up with a lot of doofus 20 year old guys.......they're not at the same level of maturity often..........and that's because God doesn't really want any of us to be happy  |
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Post by urbanpatrician on Sept 25, 2017 21:17:20 GMT
I agree with pacinoyes on lack of maturity of younger men. Lack of responsible-ness is another thing. And definitely lack of social intelligence. Men are not as socially intelligent as women in general, and younger guys are even lesser so.
But then, I hear lots of women even in their early 30s a bit disgusted by older men, or at least if they end up seeing those men as "very old" or "looks very old" it may be hard to overcome that impression. So for every young girl dating someone older, there's another who probably thinks twice before doing that.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Sept 25, 2017 23:09:14 GMT
Well simply put, there are a good deal more men who get better with age than women who get better with age. It's not so much a taboo as it is a greater talent pool.
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Post by countjohn on Sept 25, 2017 23:18:35 GMT
It seems like these days older men like that get ripped apart for being "dirty old men" or whatever.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Sept 25, 2017 23:54:33 GMT
For males, the attractiveness of their partner is something of a status symbol. It's sort of a way to show off their virility, and older men obviously wouldn't want to look less manly or virile if they have bought into the idea that those things are important and tied directly to the attractiveness of their partner.
For women, such things aren't as socially emphasized because, well, our society is a bit more male-centric. I suppose a reason for a younger woman to look to an older man could be any of the reasons previously stated, but I'd add that there is greater social pressure for young women to look for a husband than there is for young men to look for wives. Lifelong bachelors are more generally accepted than lifelong bachelorettes. Older men are more likely to be dating with the intent to marry than younger men perhaps due to their greater financial stability, life experience, or social pressures of their own.
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Post by taranofprydain on Sept 26, 2017 6:26:36 GMT
My mother is 7 years older than my father..... anyway, I'm not sure why there is such a double standard. You see so many films with older man/younger woman pairings but the only four I can think of at this late hour (excluding Sunset Boulevard on purpose) are Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Ali:Fear Eats the Soul, Harold and Maude, and the excellent and underappreciated White Palace.
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Sept 27, 2017 23:01:36 GMT
I don't know why that is because to me it looks more comical when I see these really old men with females that could be younger than their granddaughters. I point and laugh and go "ha ha! Mid-life crisis!"
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