My buddy is already naturally alpha and fairly red-pill. He's a psychiatric doctor and looks like he's 35. He was a bit of a shut-in for 2 years while he dealt with his alcoholism but he's clean now and thinking about dating again.

Naturally I started hinting around redpill concepts to see if he's going to dash right down the beta-boy path to ruin. To my great relief he's clearly already in the headspace.

However, he thinks that if he dates young women he'll be a dirty old pervert. He isn't worried about how he'll be viewed by others. He's worried about how he will view himself, as though there were some moral implications to dating someone so young.

On the other hand, he's not attracted to women over 35 and wouldn't dream of seeing someone his own age.

How can I help him understand that dating younger women is normal, acceptable behavior for a mature male? I hate to see him limit his options for some imaginary moral.