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<blockquote data-quote="Akaky Akakievitch" data-source="post: 1600505" data-attributes="member: 24465"><p>I'm happy to move this over to the thread suggested here as this post is probably more relevant over there.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My dad is 17 years older than my mom. They've been divorced for 20 years now but growing up I always reflected on the age gap and whether it was right or wrong.</p><p></p><p>I always marvelled at how Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 14 in the famous love story - by today's legal standards he would be a paedophile lol. How times have changed.</p><p></p><p>I just searched this one up: The Virgin Mary is estimated to have been somewhere between 14-17 when she was betrothed to Joseph, some go as low as 12 though we'll never know for certain.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying this justifies anything in our day and age but thought it was worth pointing out, maybe much of it is cultural. I'm aware of the term <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia" target="_blank">ephebophilia</a> (interesting to note from the article: "<em>Generally, the preference is not regarded by psychologists as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathology" target="_blank">pathology</a>, as long as it does not interfere with other major areas of one's life</em>"), but for some men they don't get it together until much later on.</p><p></p><p>Whereas, women tend to mature rather quickly and from a much younger age seem to know what they want. Dudes may need more time to establish their careers fully, make many mistakes and explore their ambitions, this can take years or even a couple decades (I know these are vast generalisations so forgive me, i'm just speaking of natural tendencies)</p><p></p><p>Women's peak attraction is anywhere from during late teens to late 20's/early 30's, whereas most men don't gain their full masculine looks until age 35+ oftentimes. There are many examples of male actors or celebrities with cutesy babyfaces well into their late 20's, and then somewhere in their 30's the masculinity takes it up a notch. For example, I'm 28 and could pass as a teenager with my babyface, think Michael J Fox in BTTF. I know women with better facial hair than me. I'm not saying I want uber-rugged masculinity but some younger women may find me in my 30's more attractive vs me in my early 20's, when i probably looked underdeveloped and babyish to the same age group.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You make a good point about life expectancy. But if we take the traditional view that men are the head of the household and provide for the rest of the family, doesn't it stand that in some cases men make their real success much later in life after making a host of mistakes, and they've matured through their erroneous ways? Women (trad's at least) like to be led, and an older guy of 10-20+ years is naturally gifted at that, one would expect.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what I think about this yet, but just exploring different viewpoints. If it works for others, then surely an age gap is not a big deal but a matter of personal preferences. Maybe I'm turning into my father who knows...!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Akaky Akakievitch, post: 1600505, member: 24465"] I'm happy to move this over to the thread suggested here as this post is probably more relevant over there. My dad is 17 years older than my mom. They've been divorced for 20 years now but growing up I always reflected on the age gap and whether it was right or wrong. I always marvelled at how Romeo was 18 and Juliet was 14 in the famous love story - by today's legal standards he would be a paedophile lol. How times have changed. I just searched this one up: The Virgin Mary is estimated to have been somewhere between 14-17 when she was betrothed to Joseph, some go as low as 12 though we'll never know for certain. I'm not saying this justifies anything in our day and age but thought it was worth pointing out, maybe much of it is cultural. I'm aware of the term [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia']ephebophilia[/URL] (interesting to note from the article: "[I]Generally, the preference is not regarded by psychologists as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathology']pathology[/URL], as long as it does not interfere with other major areas of one's life[/I]"), but for some men they don't get it together until much later on. Whereas, women tend to mature rather quickly and from a much younger age seem to know what they want. Dudes may need more time to establish their careers fully, make many mistakes and explore their ambitions, this can take years or even a couple decades (I know these are vast generalisations so forgive me, i'm just speaking of natural tendencies) Women's peak attraction is anywhere from during late teens to late 20's/early 30's, whereas most men don't gain their full masculine looks until age 35+ oftentimes. There are many examples of male actors or celebrities with cutesy babyfaces well into their late 20's, and then somewhere in their 30's the masculinity takes it up a notch. For example, I'm 28 and could pass as a teenager with my babyface, think Michael J Fox in BTTF. I know women with better facial hair than me. I'm not saying I want uber-rugged masculinity but some younger women may find me in my 30's more attractive vs me in my early 20's, when i probably looked underdeveloped and babyish to the same age group. You make a good point about life expectancy. But if we take the traditional view that men are the head of the household and provide for the rest of the family, doesn't it stand that in some cases men make their real success much later in life after making a host of mistakes, and they've matured through their erroneous ways? Women (trad's at least) like to be led, and an older guy of 10-20+ years is naturally gifted at that, one would expect. I'm not sure what I think about this yet, but just exploring different viewpoints. If it works for others, then surely an age gap is not a big deal but a matter of personal preferences. Maybe I'm turning into my father who knows...! [/QUOTE]
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