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In reply to the discussion: Study: Men of All Ages Want Women in Their Mid-20s [View all]jeff47
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you know. this was my first "duh" calling out this crap. why the hell would i want an old man
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#97
This is evo psyche we're talking about. Evolution doesn't happen over thousands of years. n/t
kcr
Sep 2014
#113
now we take today, and create it into story telling of the past, to make it into
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#123
not to mention a good segment of our male society chants, once a girl hits puberty, free game.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#356
you know, the average age difference between married couples is 2.3 yrs. lol
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#344
male sperm starts deteriorating at 24. it would behoove a woman to grab 24 and under. maybe risking
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#66
the way man manipulates in the name of science. for mans story telling as fact. science. lol
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#74
uh, ya. men did consciously create these rules. duh. lol. like we are doing in this very thread.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#99
seriously? how about dominance and power and control. no questions asked cause god or
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#106
because they could kill them, if they did not buckle under. ya think? they cant now. all changes.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#119
yes, this is what has happened. Men used religion to sell a bill of goods that the gods are men -
Tuesday Afternoon
Sep 2014
#238
put up a prime 25 yr old man and an average 40 yr old. are you really suggesting a
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#309
i am saying it is story telling and i too can come up with a story. so do not tell me it is
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#339
i do not even know where to start... with this post. i ahve made so many statements thru out,
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#350
even if certain behavioral traits are reinforced by evolution, it's not the final story.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#372
i am supposed to like pink, per men, because women picked berries. i am suppose to want an old man
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#374
and a mere couple three decaes ago, that very argument is what helped to keep women
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#384
the reasons for laws made to subjagate women, was that women biologically did not have
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#390
i do not like, nor do i feel the validity of evo psychology. i think it is a flawed soft science.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#398
you totaly ignored all my points in your reply. i just realize. all the points defining
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#386
you miss the point. pink. society has decided pink is a girls color. in the past pink was a boys
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#394
It's not just "rare diseases." Aged sperm are at higher risk for producing mentally ill offspring.
Ampersand Unicode
Sep 2014
#501
ah. the women want the old man cause he is wise, lol. as his days are counted? lol
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#188
we really do not know how it worked out. funny how male story telling shifted the fable
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#326
point. and it wont be glorifying make sexuality. ergo, it is irrelevant. like this is not obvious.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#333
There's a purely biological reason why women would have less age preference than men.
Xithras
Sep 2014
#330
mens sperm starts degrading at 24. womens productive system starts in mid 30's. nt
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#337
defective sperm as in handicapped children. i am not gonna do the research, but read up on old sperm
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#377
lower iq, autism, adhd, decreased fertility, genetic problems, miscarriage for the woman of any ....
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#432
sticking point for me- everyone blamed Mom for my brother's "emotional" disease way back when
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#441
do i find a 25 yr old man attractive? well sure. if he wanted ot have sex with me, well sure, if
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#378
all the millions upon millions upon millions of women that have married poor,
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#453
"I think you are confusing social interaction with biological evolution. Which is 'bad science.''
Starry Messenger
Sep 2014
#96
all the men, having mid life crisis, fucking up their life, cause they cannot let go of youth.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#109
There's no fool like an old fool! Lol, a dating website, probably a bunch of old guys who are
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#144
"His bubblegum phony pop psych is his hallmark. I'm embarrassed for him. " We will have to be
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#246
evolution told us, women were emotional and incapable of taking care of self. 4 decades, we speed
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#41
I just read a BBC article that said 30% of older women date younger men.
Starry Messenger
Sep 2014
#62
and that will probably end up about the same as for men. why? because women can now do it.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#68
or. i am getting old, i need youth to make me feel young again. either way. lol. nt
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#125
this is used as a religion in the name of science to dominate and control, no different than
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#30
if i, along with real scientists, argue this bogus garbage, we have a problem with science.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#50
yet, i do not see you adn other men address your disagreements with men as ... silly.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#61
btw. that would be the very silent conditioning we do of the sexes, that allow results like these
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#63
well. unless i see, i am not buying. it is not a norm. something we do. we have created silly...
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#86
this is not even about biological instincts. it is all about creating a religion, in the name of
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#71
Amazing how the same men defend their need to embody stone age biological imperatives
Starry Messenger
Sep 2014
#98
as i said, a new religion for men in the name of science to dominate and control, patriarchy.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#184
the scientific community has already well debunked it. you are behind the eight ball. nt
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#208
which would not have to do with beginning of time, but the time man created law where woman are
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#365
"Women’s and Men’s Sexual Preferences and Activities with Respect to the Partner’s Age: ..."
Cerridwen
Sep 2014
#6
i read it. i just feel men are conditioned into fantasy for the ideal partner and women live in the
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#381
wrong. a woman want man her age. per study, man does not want same. wants the young woman. a woman
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#403
actually that is another one of those myths men have hung onto. women are more visually cued
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#412
so a man any age wants 20 something. the 20 something want only the 20 something. so.... man
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#19
Correct...As a hot young 20-something, I had middle and old aged guys hit on me all the time and
whathehell
Sep 2014
#90
who doesnt appreciate young and healthy. the difference is those that live in reality and those
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#32
personally, i feel that is the more natural way we evolve as we age. i know it is the same
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#47
Glad I never took your advice, 'cause I dated, married, and gave birth after 35.
winter is coming
Sep 2014
#56
Wow. I believe a person of any age if she/he so chooses, can find love and companionship.
oregonjen
Sep 2014
#65
it is a society, like this study, with the intent to throw away older women.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#142
i agree totally, and i do not stay queit either. man, does not ge to define me. man....
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#152
a lot of peope are into sports, facebook etc which i never got into, do you live life by following
JI7
Sep 2014
#342
Miley Cyrus shared the same "wisdom" recently. Was probably mollied out, so you know...
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#261
tree, all my sexual life, men have defined my sexuality. at 20 i was suppose to want the 40 yr old
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#325
Not really. Finding someone sexually attractive is only part of what makes them attractive overall.
jeff47
Sep 2014
#348
ya know. it never ends. gotta get that toe in control and dominance at all cost. nt
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#34
It would be pretty simple, and make sense, if only 20 something year old women were fertile
kcr
Sep 2014
#67
Do you realize that evolution happens over hundreds of thousands to millions of years?
kcr
Sep 2014
#149
No one is asserting that older women are or have ever been preferred over younger women
kcr
Sep 2014
#161
Oh, really? No man ever dates, mates and has relationships with older women? Never happens?
kcr
Sep 2014
#174
I think I understand it quite a bit better than you understand the concept of biology n/t
kcr
Sep 2014
#224
every culture use to say women did not have the capacity to take care of ourselves. once laws were
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#170
and not all men want the twenty yr old and the number of women wanting 20 yr old is growing.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#187
Do you think war is a biological imperitive and therefore nothing can be done about it?
kcr
Sep 2014
#197
ha ha. actualy, didnt even take note of that post. i mostly ignore him. YOU,
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#313
I know. Daring to question men's sexual preferences and how they come to be is risky.
kcr
Sep 2014
#223
Wait a minute. Are you claiming that it's never okay to question whether anyhing is innate?
kcr
Sep 2014
#282
the whole argument is cavemen is so fuggin innately perceptive, that they would fine the mate that
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#126
that is so fuggin what it is. lol. also, another i see, they are not experienced enough to call
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#135
you know. some pimply ass kid aving the audacity to get all up in my face and telling me
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#141
all about denigrating women, even in iraq. even if it is a punk ass kid, denigrating a grown women.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#316
i watched an OP on an org with milf talking about a member that die, have a bunch of grown men
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#331
this OP created a thread, that is just priceless to me. i thank you. i have to get busy with life,
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#111
who is policing? it does matter when men tell us it is innate and to buy into bullshit.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#143
more. demanding we allow them to define my sexuality, experience in life, in the name of science. nt
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#154
laughing at this bullshit study is not policing. It's fucking OK Cupid, not rocket science.
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#265
"The findings are similar to data culled from the dating website OKCupid"
Union Scribe
Sep 2014
#280
these are the men having mid life crisis, not able to give up youth, willing ot destroy family
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#155
I find women of all ages attractive. And enjoy their company much more than I would....
Logical
Sep 2014
#196
You said those older men are out of luck if they can't find a willing 20 year old
The2ndWheel
Sep 2014
#287
There is a difference between someone being alone because they have narrow standards
kcr
Sep 2014
#304
if that is going to be your choice, then i would suggest take up whittlin' and walk the dog.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#206
youth is attractive for all of us. no special there. specifically with the post you replied to,
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#195
simply, i have yet gotten to a point where i am ignored as a sexual human being. i do not appreciate
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#216
I doubt any women at this point think I am sexy. But I do not mind them thinking other men are. nt
Logical
Sep 2014
#351
I only saw the three paragraphs above @ Time.com, no details of the Finnish study
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#439
thanks- am laughing at the old "men are more visually cued" bullshit- It's embarrassing that anyone
bettyellen
Sep 2014
#456
While I agree with those who say it is biology, I don't see any reason we can't try to
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#230
What the survery doesn't say - when asked, men don't really want to MARRY them.....just FUCK them
Baclava
Sep 2014
#234
give me a couple mil in grant money and I'll find out why 20 y/o women prefer men worth billions
Baclava
Sep 2014
#253
Incorrect: Most men like OLDER women. Older men who like women in their 20's never really matured.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2014
#276
Well, apparently not only is this not the case, but now I'm being compared to a homophobe
kcr
Sep 2014
#290
Yes. This same argument in a different context, and cue the whining about male bashing.
kcr
Sep 2014
#312
ah, but this study is sexually empowering and bolstering for men. hence, it is a win. regardless
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#320
i have seen this a few times where some criticism of some hetero male weirdness is compared
JI7
Sep 2014
#354
Is that a 'floppy' you have there when responding to a sexual attractiveness thread? nt
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2014
#502
{No shit, Sherlock}. I got it right away because that used to me one of my favorite come backs.
Tuesday Afternoon
Sep 2014
#462
i fgure the range of 5 yrs, plus or minus is our age. mostly. we cant really hit on bdays, lol
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#407
there is nothing to suggest it is "natural" and that they cannot help themselves.
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#488
A 20-year old woman is not necessarily better able to bear children than a 13-year-old.
Manifestor_of_Light
Sep 2014
#489
yes. we call creationism what it is. storytelling. we are just clever enough to see the story tellin
seabeyond
Sep 2014
#499
"Evo-Psych crap has validated my stupidity! I've never felt more enabled to be Creepy Old Guy!"
LanternWaste
Sep 2014
#500