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It’s not pseudoscience, it’s a very heavily studied phenomenon. It may be the first time you’re encountering it, though, so probably seems weird. https://labs.
by dcow 3y ago
It’s not pseudoscience, it’s a very heavily studied phenomenon. It may be the first time you’re encountering it, though, so probably seems weird.
https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/files/2019/03/Why-is-age-so-important-in-mating-2019-FINAL-PUBLISHED.pdf https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/files/2019/03/Why-is-age-so-...
> We review voluminous evidence for mate preferences for age and the substantial and varied behavioral sequelae of those preferences. These include (a) in actual marriage decisions, men choose younger wives, and women choose older husbands, on average in all of the dozens of cultures studied; …
This piece states it as a known fact:
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-55834-001 https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-55834-001
> Women have evolved to seek an older mate, however, research has shown negative opinions toward these relationships if the age-gap is significant. …
- micromacrofoot 3y agobut there's a lot of data to counter this as well (the age gap being quite small in the US for example), for much of human history older men have preferred younger women... and young women didn't typically have much say in the matter