To ask if most straight men are attracted much younger women?

It is amazing how some women defend men.
Humans are more than just our base biological urges.
Well some of us are.

But it wouldn't be funny to say men fancy women aged 18-26 would it ? Everybody already knows this.

Yes? It’s not difficult to understand imo.

As an illustration - I think older men are undesirable and that younger men are physically more attractive (ie people my own age). I don’t think receding hairlines, baldness or dad bods are more attractive than a full head of hair and a toned physique. So to me, it’s not difficult to imagine that men may not find the traits of ageing women to be more attractive than 16-19 year olds. I’m in my 20s and I don’t physically look that different from when I was 16-19 as I’m the same height & same dress size - there’s not a big physical difference where I looked like a child at 16. In fact I’d say I probably looked better then because I had less stretch marks etc.

I think men are going to see a woman they aren’t related to as fair game as opposed to immediately assuming vulnerabilities. They won’t see themselves as perverts by dating younger, they usually get applauded for securing someone younger. Historically age gaps with women being younger than men were prevalent. So to many men dating younger is seen as desirable.

I'm over 50 and with the earlier poster who pointed out that we don't fancy 50 year old men either!
What you see as 'attractive' doesn't change as you get older!

Jimmy Carr has always been a wanker - that hasn't changed.

There’s a difference between something being normal from a biological perspective and something being socially permitted though? If it is a real thing among men, we should understand where it comes from? And realize that our current social norms are not historical norms by any means.

I don’t know how any of these excuses perving on teen girls. Surely they can control themselves?

Like it may have once been normal for an older woman to introduce a teen boy to sex. But such women are jailed nowadays. Social norms have changed.

If you could expect a substantial number of children to die in the first year of life, perhaps it’s more chances? I don’t think it’s so clear cut. Especially when it may be more related to lifestyle and education in modern life

I can't believe people are defending men perving. 🤦‍♀️

Just ask Leonardo Dicaprio!

I think men do prefer younger women. Perhaps they think it makes them look younger themselves. It doesn’t. It makes them look like their dad.

Perhaps they think they’re more in charge if the woman is younger.

Who knows?

Safest pregnancy so peak fertility for successful pregnancy is 24-35

I’m 7 years younger than DH (we met when I was at the end of my 20’s), I did ask him about it and he said my age was actually slightly younger than he would have gone for if he knew how old I was. I actually think he would be disgusted by the idea of a man his age trying to shag a teenager. I don’t know if thats a general principle or because he has teenage nieces. I think sometimes men only realise something is gross if they can relate it to a girl or woman they love. Which is a bit sad.

I flat out don’t find men younger than me attractive.

Men are supposed to be attracted to fertile women. Aren’t we supposed to be most fertile in late teens, early 20s?

It would make sense that most modern men are descended from ancient men mating with the most fertile groups. Only socialization has changed this preference—we’ve placed harsh social penalties on being attracted to later teens (which is probably totally normal from purely a biological perspective) so men probably have to train themselves to ‘not see’ or ‘not think’ these things. Idk I don’t think they’ll admit to it one way or another. I think it’s just comforting lies when they say they are not attracted to teenage girls (around 16/17/18, not like 13/14)

Although I think later marriage was very common in Western Europe, iirc 22-26, so I have heard it proposed that some of the recent neoteny of Western people comes from choosing ‘younger looking but actually older women’ as marriage partners

No really you are more likely to have an early term birth under the age of 25. 25-35 are the lowest risk ages for having a baby. Thats a woman in her fertility prime. So it’s not just about reproduction.

I don’t really get it, I don’t find teenagers remotely attractive.

Anecdotal story: by age 11, DD1 was sick of being cat called by men and found them disgusting.
We used to get grown men leering at her on the beach in Cornwall.
She had developed physically and was tall but obviously very young.

Now aged 17, and a stunning young woman, she has aged out of being catcalled.

To be fair I think most men get more attractive with age as women not so much.

As other PPs have done so, I need to correct this.

Only famous men. The rest - not a chance!

I know my partner would never look at a young woman or teenager in that way.

I also think that women age better, and it was only recently that I read a bit more about it and I agree even more now.

If I saw a much older man with a young woman I would think he is definitely not a poor old man.

Whereas lots of young men, find much older women attractive, regardless of their wealth. They are really into them.

Women just seem to be looking better as they get older.

Exactly! Where are all these attractive older guys? They defo don't live near me!

Hmm. I don’t think so - you’ve bought into their delusions 🤣

Most men start to get receding hair as soon as they approach 30 (it’s amazing how an hairline can make such a difference to how hot a guy is but it does) and most men in their 50s have beer bellies, a reddening face and their noses get fatter. You very rarely see an older man who doesn’t have a dad bod. It’s just that some men are deluded and think they are entitled to date rich, 25 year old supermodels no matter what.

This idea that ‘men age like fine wine and women age like milk’ is a misogynistic trope, no doubt designed by a man somewhere to keep women in their places.

And disbhe say how old the " hot daughter" was? Seriously yousoud iea right snowflake
I remember a few years ago now terewerea group of girls in early 20d atthe next table A guy in his 39s made a comment to one ofthemabout being sexy'. Bit crass butshe ten started makinga bit fudd aboutthis pardo hitting on her.

My friend who was working tere madea point of going u to her and asking to see her ID ( Loudly) At that out she's flistering about and saying it's ridiculous to be id ( she was actually 26)

I was about to mention the popularity of teen porn too.

Mind you, MILF porn is quite popular as well.

I think men just like hot naked women.

I don't know if it's most but given my experiences when I was a young looking teenager in a school uniform I'd say there are a lot. It made me feel uncomfortable at the time but it wasn't until I got older that I realised just how disgusting it was. Middle age men who probably had daughters the same age as me were making sexual comments towards me, it's sickening.

Interestingly I found that many of the ‘right on’ (straight) men I knew when I was younger were very into younger women. The number of aging hippies hitting on young ‘uns was kind of unpleasant. The more ‘straight’ / conservative guys didn’t - but I don’t know if that’s just because they hid it better, perhaps because they felt it wasn’t a socially acceptable thing to admit to? Having said that, looking at my track record, I have great taste in gay male friends, and bloody awful taste in straight men!

Teenagers love having sex. They can’t get enough of it. If it was a losing evolutionary strategy, that simply wouldn’t be the case. How could it be?