On the one hand, I agree with you. On the other hand, women get to look forward to being kicked to the curb for being too old. Past a certain age, even men your age will act like "You are too old to be fuckable" and no one bats an eyelash at that either. Even otherwise "enlightened" men routinely say they will happily date a woman who is 10 years younger, but have zero interest in a woman more than a year or two older.
That's not an apples to apples comparison. Old age happens to ALL women - and ALL women are young at some point, thus it doesn't affect any one individual adversely. Short stature only affects SOME men, and is a huge disadvantage throughout life to the individual.
There are no apples to apples comparisons here. But, I use female age as a comparison to male height -- instead of female weight -- because they are both things beyond our control. If a woman really, really wants to lose the weight, she potentially can. But you can't make yourself younger or taller.
No, you didn't understand. It doesn't matter if a woman can't control her age, this is not the same comparison. Old age is not controllable, BUT it affects EVERY SINGLE WOMAN, it is a fair plane when it comes to their peers. Short stature is not controllable, BUT it ONLY affects certain men. Those men are treated unfairly compared to their peers.
The only true comparison would be something like "women who are disfigured", or "women who are super-hairy". It has to affect only a portion of the set.
>Old age is not controllable, BUT it affects EVERY SINGLE WOMAN, it is a fair plane when it comes to their peers.
People age differently.
I've met a 73 year old woman who, I swore, did not look a day over 40. I only found out her age because I used to work at a theme park where one of the games I had to run was a weight/age guessing game. I guessed 38 and her entire family was ecstatic and bursting out in laughter.
Meanwhile I nearly got hit by a woman's boyfriend for guessing she was 35. She was 24. Keep in mind my job was obviously to have fun and try to avoid insulting the customer. I guessed 35 because she looked over 40.
It will, eventually, affect every single woman. But some have a bit more time than others.
fair point. A better comparison seems to be short guys and women who don't age well. Although it's still worse to be the short guy because it affects you through the mating stage whereas women that don't age well could still get a mate and it doesn't matter by the time they age.
No, I didn't misunderstand. I just don't agree. Since there are no apples to apples comparisons available, I think there is value in looking at a variety of things that only partially match up.
On the other hand if you don't have plenty of money as a man of certain age you are pretty much toast too.
The good thing is that there are plenty of men whom would date a woman their age and plenty of women that would date a guy who isn't rich. They are just not as vocal and live their lives quietly.
I am aware that if you are male and truly destitute, the odds of getting female companionship are pretty poor. But, in the aggregate, men tend to have more money than women. So, I don't think you need to be rich per se to stay in the game. You just need to be better off than the women you are interested in. That seems like a somewhat low bar to me.
I guess I'm an anomaly and counterexample to your analysis.
I tend to prefer the company of older women, up to 10 years older than myself. I have this preference as I've found women that are younger than me often don't know what they want.
I find it easier to have an...arrangement with older women.
