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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
No. There was a thread on this forum 1.5 years ago when 20-something daughters went completely and thoroughly mad when their mom, divorced by then, started dating younger guys, hosting parties with younger guests at her house, etc. I will try to find the thread in my email and post a link.
The premise of this prejudice is that certain people, within the age range that is viewed as appropriate for reproduction, are within their right to have sex with people of similar age, but before or after - no way. I will look for the thread.
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From the thread you posted about the divorced mom, I got the impression that the kids were more upset because of the way she was acting towards them and their father and about the divorce in general. They do seem to get kinda judgmental by focusing out the fact that she's dating younger guys and hanging with younger people, but I don't think that's primarily what it's about.
But I agree, women are also judged for dating younger men. Society assigns roles to people based on their age and when people deviate from their role, they are judged. But I will say that when women get judged for it, it's not the same judgement that men get. They may be judged as weird or immature, but I am pretty sure they don't get judged as perverted or predatory the way men do.