The Older Woman/Younger Male Relationship

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Most research purely focuses on the woman’s perspective when it comes to the older woman/younger man relationship. Yes, the career woman has the financial means to choose to date for fun, sex and control. But the younger male is not limited in his options the way women were a few generations ago. The majority of young men who date older women are not seeking a “Sugar Momma”. In fact, most men who date older women have their own careers or are in college working toward a career. The interesting aspect to the Older Woman/Younger Man phenomenon is that so many males are choosing to date older women.

It is rather easy to understand why women are choosing to date younger men. The fact that so much media attention has been given to the female point of view of this societal change just goes to show how steeped in a patriarchal system the collective mindset of society has been. People are amazed and surprised that an older woman would choose to date a younger man when older men have dated younger women for centuries. Society easily accepts an older man with “eye candy” on his arm. But now that older women are choosing to be seen with young “eye candy” on their arms, all of a sudden research has to be done to try to figure this out.