The Age Differential

I often wonder why women are attracted to older men and why men are attracted to younger women. Since statistically women have a life expectancy longer than that of men, I think it should be the other way around. In the event that we do find our perfect match, we would die at approximately the same time, however, with women chasing older men, once their soul mate passes, the woman will be alone for a lengthy remainder of her life.

                So is it maturity, financial stability, image, or some other factor that makes women choose older men? I think it depends on the time of life of the individuals.

                In high school girls want the older guys because it gives them a sense of status and power. They feel like they are popular because older guys give them attention and thus the older girls accept them when they spend more time with them due to the older boyfriend. Conversely they may be resented by the older girls for taking their men, but since they are probably dating guys in university there should be no problems. Older guys also have cars – so no more walking or school bus for the girls who can get an older boyfriend.

                In college girls will most likely go for guys in higher classes, or date men who have already finished with their education. Here it becomes a question of maturity. Since women “mature more quickly than men” they can only find their intellectual equivalent in older guys. I put that in quotation marks because despite any research done to support that “fact,” I do not necessarily agree with it. There is also that sense of superiority if you are a freshman dating a senior, like, “Yeh, I’m a bad bitch.”

                After school it becomes a matter of success and financial stability. Women are designed to be mothers. They want to raise a family and to do so they need to know that they are financially secure. The older a man is – the more chance there is that he has experience and success is his profession. That’s why 40-year-old men who still work at check-outs are generally the exception to this rule and remain single for their entire lives (stay in school).

                Why do men tend to go for younger women? This needs less explanation – they still look good, duh.