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Originally Posted by Maria116
My latest DV victim at work shared how over the last year she was suicidal almost daily because aside from the physical abuse from her husband (22 years her senior) there were plenty of hurtful remarks such as "You're getting older" "You have a lot of wrinkles" "You're lucky I noticed you when you were still pretty" etc.  A man can be a jerk even to a much younger woman. |
None of that has anything to do with the guy being older. It would be just as likely to happen if the guy was the same age or younger.
It seems to me that there is this underlying attitude among people that older men "don't deserve" younger women, therefore if an older man mistreats his younger girlfriend, it is much worse than if he did it to a woman his own age or older. When a young woman mistreats her older boyfriend, many people basically tell him he got what he deserves, I have personally seen this in online discussions.