An age gap can be good, it can be bad and it can be downright creepy. It seems to be rather popular. We tend to portray older men as more romantic, wiser and kinder. Professor Fugere points out that this phenomenon persists throughout our lives, as men age they prefer even younger partners while as women age they continue to prefer older partners until around the age of Is this what attracted her to him in the first place?
Similarly, Susan not her real name is 27 and currently about to move in with her year-old boyfriend Shaun yep, not his name either. I fucking hate this. Indeed, there is a definite imbalance when an older man dates a younger woman that, as a woman, it can be hard to shake.
This is something I struggled with when dating an older man, I couldn't help thinking about all of the women his own age he didn't have his shit together for and finding myself siding with them. But, reservations aside, Susan fell for completely for Shaun. I can just not imagine ever getting a text from him and wondering how to respond to that.
I ask Professor Fugere what she thinks of all of this? Most of us had husbands about three to four years older, but some of us had husbands that were ten years older. Women are statistically more likely to marry men who resemble their fathers in hair colour and eye colour , and women with older parents may be more likely to marry older men.
There it is, all roads lead to dad. But is it a conscious or unconscious choice? However, based on the research I mentioned before, I believe that this preference is driven by both sexes…it just so happens that it is advantageous in terms of both sexes for younger women to be attracted to older men. Susan reflects on this. Interestingly, this is almost exactly what Daisy says when she reflects on her current relationship with an older guy.
