Why is there a double standard when it comes to age gaps in relationships?

It's accepted because historically men have usually taken much younger wives. The same is not true the other way around. So people are more used to it.

I dunno, I think it's just a stupid patriarchal double standard. I'm not a fan of dating when there is more than a ten year age gap. I've never dated, nor do I have any desire to date anyone who is significantly older than me. I've dated more than my share of younger guys, but I didn't really pursue them, they perused me.

In some cultures women want to be with a man who has already established himself a little bit in his career and community. Establishment most commonly comes with age.

Also guys are morons when they are young. I know girls who say they can’t even trust a man under 30

It's due to basic biology. Women are on a short biological clock, whereas a man's SMV peaks at something like forty.

People should be able to do whatever they want, but there's an innate biological/evolutionary reason that it's seen as odd. A 30-year-old man going out with/ marrying a 45-year-old woman will very likely fail to have children, and thus in a basic evolutionary sense fail to spread their genes.

Whereas as a 30-year-old woman partnering with a 45-year-old man will still be fertile, and find a partner who's established in his field, still fertile, and capable of providing.

I've already said it around here but I've hit someone half my age and someone over twice my age. The former was shocking to some and the latter acceptable... so yeah, double standards!

It's become normalized because of a biological difference in reproductive function.

I dont see it as a big deal. I think it probably has more to do with a man being young and not wanting an uglier older woman. They want something fresh.

There is no such double standard. What country are you living in?

You should fuck whoever you want to fuck ages just a number anybody see it definitely is just shallow or immature if you’re attracted to them and they treat you right then get your fuck on

I have always found older women attractive. Even now in my 50's.

Females develop faster than men. It only makes since then that female partners be younger. However, My Mother was 10 years older than my father. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder.

No such double standards exist over here across the drink. Anyone can love who they want. It might come off as a bit weird if one of you is 64 and the other is 25, but that goes for both men coming onto women and women coming onto men.

To be honest I'd quite happily date a woman of 35 at 30, and I'm male. So what?

Because the majority of men of all the age groups find that the 20s is the most attractive age of females. Women are way more predictable with them generally perfer men that are older then them.

Maybe because men mature slower lol

In my experience it actually seems to be the other way around. Not to mention, women who date younger men get a cool title whereas men who prey on younger women are just known as pedophiles.