Double standards in relationships

TisIChenoir · 2025-08-13T06:24:53+00:00

I can already imagine the disgust if a 65 y.o dude said "I hooked up with one of my granddaughter's friends".

Goes to show that we see female sexuality as good by default, and male sexuality as bad/predatory by default. People can say "no, male sexuality is celebrated" how many times they want to, doesn't change that fact.

Hell, look at how male homosexuality is perceived compared with female homosexuality. One is seen as disgusting, the other as beautiful, full of butterflies and lavender scent. And it's not the lesbians who were killed during the holocaust...

MisterBowTies · 2025-08-13T04:01:51+00:00

There is a crowd work episode of a show called game changer. One of the audience members married her professor who was 18 years older. She made it clear they didn't start dating until after she was done college and they happened to reconnect people are still trying to balance saying that the man is wrong while not infringing the woman's right to do whatever the fuck she wants without any accountability, social stigma or judgment.

kmikek · 2025-08-13T04:56:56+00:00

Anna Nicole Smith beat that 40 year age gap with her husband

AllGearedUp · 2025-08-13T05:48:43+00:00

Well in a comedy club they are just going with what works but I'm sure if it were a man the audience wouldn't take it the same way and the clip would get a very different reaction online.

Now look up the clip of Charlize Theron talking about sleeping with a guy in his 20s. She's 50. It's talked about like it was a life accomplishment. It's that same eat pray love thinking of how random vices are "self discovery" or some other positively spun, trite turn of words. Some women behave like everything they do is a profound act to be celebrated. This is nothing more than being immature and self centered.

SidewaysGiraffe · 2025-08-13T15:07:05+00:00

Why would it be "rightful" for it to be seen as wrong when it's an older man and a younger woman? It's probably not wise, or conducive to a long and healthy relationship, but pragmatism and morality aren't the same thing.

ElisaSKy · 2025-08-13T22:53:08+00:00

"If it's rightfully seen as wrong when an old man hooks up with a young woman."

Don't make me break out the Harkness Test.

TraumaJeans · 2025-08-13T06:26:12+00:00

Can't stand this dude. Very weird vibes

zombielicorice · 2025-08-13T21:09:55+00:00

IDK, beyond saying it is a bad idea, i don't think anyone should be getting worked up about 25+ year olds sleeping with any age. I had sex with a 50 old woman recently. I am 28, she is as old as my dad. I was absolutely the persistent one in the situation.

Downtown-Campaign536 · 2025-08-13T11:09:22+00:00

It's not "Rightfully" seen as wrong when an old man hooks up with a young woman.

AussieOzzy · 2025-08-13T11:31:10+00:00

Men have been bragging in comedy about banging women half their age for ages. It even reminds me of a routine where a guy mentions it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oBUwFUSsWk

plaudite_cives · 2025-08-13T08:17:24+00:00

well, of course there is a double standard. Women's main attractor is their beauty so it's really hard for a woman to do that. If man has sex with a woman 60 years his junior, everyone knows that he's just wealthy and high status so it's no big deal

Title	Double standards in relationships
Author	Sufficient-Row-7366
Upvotes	66
Comments	21
Date	August 13, 2025 3:51 AM UTC (11 months ago)
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