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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

I'm a man and I need a bro to explain me

why are men attracted to younger women?

I'm interested in women my age ± like 5 years ish.

when I was a teen I was into teens, in my 20s I was into girls in their 20s...

the idea of dating a 20 years old as a 36 year old man seems gross and annoying.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Because they don't want to date (i. e. have some kind of personal engagement), they want to play nut and bolt.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 9 points 14 hours ago

Nut and bolt? That the new Ratchet and Clank?

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

i get that, I also want hook-ups, but I don't see the attraction of someone 18 years younger than me.

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 5 points 9 hours ago

I mean, people in their 20s are incredibly un-chill and very not sure who they are. Dating someone like that sounds kinda awful.

I am on your team with this.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I may not want kids but I still want to be called daddy

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Apart from obvious attractiveness in younger adults, I'd probably chalk it up to societal norms (and maybe there's an evolutionary component to it as well) for males' perceived value on being the bread winner.

So dating younger is how you ensure they are dependent on you, and thus fulfill your purpose as a man.

even more gross

dating younger women to take advantage of dependence.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works -4 points 13 hours ago

Purely physically speaking, pretty much everyone gets less attractive as they get older.

There is, of course, a maturity gap, which is a whole different problem.

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemmy.ca 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

So many mid responses to this question, so here is the actual answer.

Men are raised to be more overtly sexual and have the most income (yes yes... my culture, my country, not worldwide, stfu we all know...) , because of this advertising has been focused on men while bombarding us with their image of perfect feminine beauty (which tends to be youthful qualities) to get us to focus on their products, seeing this your entire life you adopt that framework of what beauty is.

Ultimately though its because the majority of the world are NPC's following a script.