Does dating younger men actually make a lot of evolutionary sense - higher sex drives in older women, better fertility in younger sperm, etc. ?

For those who are way way behind : http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2007422,00.html

Now, that I'm an older woman (31) with no kids, I can confirm - horny af. I dabble in cougarism now 😇 This makes me rethink the dating younger men seriously. It makes sense in terms of evolution - older women probably have a sex drive that matches up better with young men until a certain age, plus sperm also age and deteriorate, cause birth defects. Younger sperm = even better chances at healthy baby. The trick is maturity, interest in very serious relationships (some young guys are, to be fair), and finances. Divorce is high for age gaps, but gender may affect that, in my opinion. But even for fun - a lot of older men/young women relationships amount to just fun. We like our fun too and arguably have way more access to sexual fun than men do. I honestly don't think most women struggle to get casual sex until maybe 60s and even then it's still probably more of an issue of her lack of interest at that age.

Serious is the focus for me these days though :)

Older women here - did your sex drive/sexual activity increase as you left the early/mid 20s? Do you enjoy dating younger men in general?

Cougars have increased a lot in my city and I think in most major cities. Will it continue as a trend and become more common? Are you a cougar/do you think you'd be into it? :)

I'll leave ya with some popular cougar couples / women who are just older by a few years lol :
Gabrielle Union is 10 years older than Dwayne Wade
Gabrielle Union is 10 years older than Dwayne Wade
Megan is 39 to Harrys 36 - Not much older, but shes def an older woman with a younger man and people threw a fit over it <3
Megan is 39 to Harry's 36 - Not much older, but she's def an older woman with a younger man and people threw a fit over it <3
President Macrons wife Brigitte is 24 years older than he is
President Macron's wife Brigitte is 24 years older than he is
Shakira is 10 years older than football star Gerard
Shakira is 10 years older than football star Gerard
Priyanka is 10 years older than Nick Jonas
Priyanka is 10 years older than Nick Jonas
Maybe instead of being annoyed by men 30+ preferring 21 year olds, more of us old ladies should be dating younger men as well, hmmm... enjoy your life, ladies! You only get one :)
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  • It makes zero sense, however everyone is free to go for who they want.

    if you want younger guys go for it.

    I tend to bounce around but I don’t need an excuse to do it lol.

    • What doesn't make sense to you exactly? No one is making excuses, I'm sharing research and talking about it lol

    • The evolutionary bit. A couple in their early 20’s tick all the boxes. Over 30 things get more complicated

    • I'd disagree with that somewhat (young couples are more likely to get divorced, not as mature emotionally, probably make some mistakes with parenting that some older couples wouldn't, etc.) but more to the point - both types of couples can have evolutionary benefits. Just in terms of childbirth (not necessarily parenting/having a healthy relationship), super young couples are great. But I also wasn't comparing one over the other. I was talking about the evolutionary benefits of one specific type of couple. They can both have benefits. And if anything, your point supports my point - if young people are an extra boost for fertility/healthy babies, one young person is an extra boost compared to two old ones lol If evolution causes women to have higher sex drive when they get older (up to a certain age) and that matches up more with younger men, that's nature/biology/evolution. If older women still want to have kids and would have healthier babies/increased fertility with young men who don't have decaying sperm, that's also just nature/biology/evolution. This is just fact/science. I'm not sure what isn't landing lolol

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  • That doesn't really add up but my reasoning is preffering mature women who don't play mind games in dating and know what they want is why I date them

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  • Yeah, go for it, I don't see any shame in it

  • Honestly, I don’t care for any for the people who speak against this. I married my wife when I was 19 and she was 57. One year later, she gave birth to our beautiful, healthy daughter. Now I’m 31 and she’s 69, and we are still happily married.

  • "Evolutionary sense" Lmao

    • I mean, do what you want to do but you don't need to justify it with far fetched theories.

    • What's far fetched about it?

    • You're mostly just making things up. The risk of having a baby with birth defects for a woman over the age of 35 is about the same as a woman who marries her first cousin. The fact men also lose fertility is irrelevant. It just shows a better strategy for both sexes is to have children when young and fertile, and that is if we prioritize lower health risks for babies to them having one or two parents with higher socioeconomic status. Why do you even feel the need to justify your desire for young men? Have fun.

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  • No, please stop posting stupid shit.

    • What's stupid about it? I'm just talking about science. Also, why so aggressive?

    • No, you are asking about bullshit. If you understood actual science you wouldn’t have posted this in the first place.

  • How convenient.

    • Right?

  • almost every young guy likes to have a cougar so why not

  • You can keep the younger guys and leave me the youngest girls... wink

    • You're 19 lol Unless... you aren't :O

    • Are you hitting on me? ;)

  • Younger is better. Younger people have more energy and strength. As we get older we naturally decline in all aspects of our lives.

    • I wouldn't say younger is always better - you develop in many important ways as we get older. But in some ways, yes. I'm glad you can admit that young men have an advantage that older women can benefit from. I don't know why people are so against this, it's interesting, especially given that people happily accept the idea that younger women are better. Science says young men offer the same benefits for older women :)

    • Yeah, but the younger man gets no benefit from a older woman compared to a 20 something younger woman. It works both ways.

    • I disagree there, and so do all these men I posted who are with older women :) Everyone (hopefully 😅) brings something to the table. And it depends on the guy. If he specifically wants a 20 year old, then maybe she's not for him. If he is attracted to the older woman physically, they have a great connection, she's a great lover and has a personality that spins his wheels, then I'd say she's bringing all the benefits she really needs to bring into a relationship. The sexual alignment is a plus ;) I've had guy tell me they can't stand to date young women because of the differences in the quality of conversation, expression of education and intellect, games/immaturity, and overall experience of being with them outside of fun/sex. One guy told me he thinks they're "fucking stupid" which I think is harsh - they're growing and learning themselves like we all had to. But some guys really aren't into most young women beyond the physical, so if one aspect of the physical (ovaries) is where the older woman is lacking, a lot of men will take that if they're experiencing an escape from what they get when they date young women. And some men prefer actually dating (not just having sex with) young women. Seems to depend on the man... which is why all of these men I posted pictures of here, who could *easily* get any hot young girl that they want to get, are instead with older women. I'm sure they're getting some kind of benefits :)

  • If you are aiming for kids, it needs to be younger women, because men are fertile far longer

    • Fertile, but the quality of sperm decays just like women's eggs do. Decaying sperm cause fertility issues and birth defects - check out the research linked in my post. Science is pretty clear on this.

    • I agree, but once a woman reaches menopause she's done. Technically a guy isn't done until death.

    • Right, but science says he should be done not too long after women because of fertility and birth defects. Aging sperm are decaying, the quality has gone down and risks increase. So it makes sense for older women who want kids to take bets on younger men, vs men whose sperm would make their reproductive odds even more risky.

  • I have found a lot of older women have low sex drives or none at all..

  • Doesn't make sense

    • What doesn't make sense?

    • The evolution part

    • Well... "Evolutionary" means: relating to or denoting the process by which different kinds of living organisms are believed to have developed from earlier forms; relating to the gradual development of something It's basically how humans have evolved over time. The result being how we exist today. If scientific research shows that women's sex drive increases with age, up to a point, then that is the result of human development (evolution) for the "female" side of the species. Women have literally evolved to be humans whose sex drive/libido/sexual activity increase as they age, especially in 30s and 40s. It declines again at some point, but men in comparison don't increase in sex drive/libido as they age - they decline from teenage years and then reach a stable point for a while, from what I've read. Evolution up to this point in human history brought us to our physical realities - including sex drive. If one half of the species (older woman) has sex drive that shoots up during a certain period of their lives, while another side (older man) isn't increasing, one could say that her sex drive might better match a younger man who is still in his sexual prime, has more stamina, no erectile issues, more energy, etc. Likewise, evolution has lead us to the current stage of aging fertility. We have evolved into a species where women fertility dries up. Only now, science shows (in the link I shared in my post) that while men can have children older, they probably shouldn't because their sperm decay and cause fertility issues and birth defects. So, two old people are likely going to have double the risks (could still have a healthy baby though! happens all the time) compared to one older person and one younger person, with healthier sperm or eggs. For a long time people have accepted this when it comes to women, but science is also very clear that men have very high risks of the same nature as they age.

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  • I think it is hilarious when that younger guy drops the crusty old sea hag for a young girl.

    • But why have all these men pictured in the post not dropped their crusty sea hags for young girls? Also, do you have any actual critical thoughts about the research/data I mentioned or nah?

    • research data? Old women are useless for very long. The most attractive ones get a little longer before they are discarded for the newer better models

    • You posted a handful of rich and famous women but in the real world 90% of women are discarded as useless dried up maids. 10% may extend their life a little longer but in the end they will all get old and ugly. Chances are that you will be one of the ugly ones too

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  • younger men only date older because they can't get women their age or they cucks like dwayne wade

    • But... Dwayne Wade could get more young women than most men though lol I'm really curious about why you think that. I've had super hot young guys be into me and then get mad when I tell them they're too young. One guy called me ageist lol My mom had guys in my high school and college classes hitting on her. It's really very common tbh. This sounds like an emotional thing - something you want to believe but don't have sound logic or evidence to back it up. We know young women are the most lusted after, but it's far from dry season for a long time, in my experience and from what I've seen. If my mom wasn't married, she could still pull young guys and she's in her 50s. It's really not that hard to have sex with men of any age until women are super old and even then, there's a market for it lol Relationships are just becoming more common and more accepted, which is why I think you see more and more celebrities dating older women. Back to logic/evidence - I really don't get the *only men who don't have options argument.* In real life, all kinds of guys date older women, even if they are a minority of men. A lot of them are very attractive. My pictures are examples - Presidents, princes, wealthy athletes, wealthy men period, famous boy band singers... all of these men are considered more in demand than 99.9% of men alive and they still date older women. Not just date for a week - long term relationships and marriages. How do you explain that with your logic? Men are commonly valued for wealth, financial status, etc. Even ugly, wealthy men automatically have a lot of access to women than most normal men. None of these men are ugly (far from it actually and they have money and status coming out of their asses). Could literally get women of any age. How does your opinion make logical sense then?

    • Dwayne wade is gay. garbielle is his beard. plus she emsuclaute him

    • are u black

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