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[–] berrytopylus@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

WTF why does he have gray hair at 36

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Wow white guys do really age like shit huh?

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why is the man the older one in the overwhelming majority of age gaps?

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Socialization of men in the imperial core is centered on predation and objectification of young women as embodiments of innocence and fragility.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not really, age gaps are larger outside of the imperial core, with men still being the older partner.

If it is a problem, it's a global societal one.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

For real. I've seen 40 year old men with teenagers in Guatemala. That shit's disturbing.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"He's not the vector of exploitation, society made him do it"

Right.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

society didn't make them do it, but it did train them to believe that it's acceptable

both the men in question and society as a whole share in the blame

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well do you think male biology makes them monsters? Individual choices? Careful, that sounds like conservative speak.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I think that people participate consciously in social trends, not unconsciously.

There have been people I've been attracted to but have not even flirted with because they were 19 or 20, and it's important for their social development and balance to have someone to date who's close to them in age (and a mumber of other things).

There was someone I was reluctant to get involved with because they were 7 years older than me, but that was balanced out by other factors like emotional stability.

When men are dating women much younger than themselves, it means there are fewer women for men of that age to date, and it's a sort of domino effect where you end up with very young men and very old women being the most alone.

Age gaps are a very close proxy for patriarchy. Less than 4 years and you can write it off as "maybe boys mature a bit slower. Biology defines a range of possibility and a few proclivities, and the shape of society does most of the guiding. But what is culture if not the sum total of our personal selections? For a very long time, children have grown up with peer groups mostly just a few years in each direction. I think people know when something crosses outside that dynamic, and I think people know that a relationship like that is more transactional than loving.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago
[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Lol, I wanted to get actual ages for these images. Natalie Portman was 19, and Google image search thinks that the dude is a Michael Myers (Halloween) mask.

[–] RedArmor@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The acceptable age gap is half your age plus 7.

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I love how people just took this entirely arbitrary made up rule and said "yes this is an absolute moral law and you are ontologically evil predator man if you break it". Its so silly to me.