There is often a hypocrisy about the difference between men and women
An old man with a young girl is "living the dream", while Mrs Robinson is a cradle snatcher.

There is a logical reason for it though, if you look to our primitive past. A young man who pairs with an older woman is, to a certain extent, "wasting his seed on barren soil", while an older man can still impregnate a younger female.

In this day and age, this reasoning is no longer relevant. But thousands of years ago the survival of a tribal group relied on individuals to pull their weight, procreation wise. I believe that this is the source of many people's instinctive, subconscious, disdain for age-gap relations and in particular to those involving a young man with an older woman.

It's illogical today, but it stems from what was once, in our past, a logical reason.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 19:30, 1 reply)

When I read your reply
I did it, in my head, in the voice of Mr Spock.
( chart cat has an itch, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 2:11, closed)