Article about men and younger women:
Men and women are equally attracted to younger partners
even if they don't consciously realise it
new research has found. A study from the University of California
Davis
found both sexes tend to slightly favour younger individuals when dating. The study involved around 4
500 people participating in blind dates through a US dating site.
The platform matches individuals based on shared interests and the desire for long-term relationships. Lead author Professor Paul Eastwick explained: "After a blind date
participants were slightly more attracted to younger partners
and this trend was equally true for men and women." This finding challenges common assumptions that men in established relationships are typically older than their female partners. Women also often express a preference for older partners. However
Professor Eastwick noted
women’s preferences on the dates themselves revealed something else entirely. The study
published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
highlights a disconnect between stated preferences and actual attraction in dating scenarios. Age gap relationships have also been shown in popular culture. In Babygirl
Nicole Kidman plays a high-powered chief executive who has an affair with a much younger intern. Harris Dickinson and Nicole Kidman in ‘Babygirl' ( Niko Tavernise ) “A lot of times women are discarded at a certain period of their career as a sexual being. So
it was really beautiful to be seen in this way
” Kidman told The Hollywood Reporter . “From the minute I read it
I was like
‘Yeah
this is a voice I haven’t seen
this is a place that I haven’t been
I don’t think audiences have been.’ My character has reached a stage where she’s got all this power
but she’s not sure who she is
what she wants
what she desires
even though she seems to have it all. And I think that’s really relatable.” The study looked at people of all ages
with daters ranging from 22 to 85
who were using the US-based matchmaking company Tawkify.
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