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Originally Posted by connect.the.stars
You bring up a good point. I addressed this in my first post about stigmas. I do agree the stigma exists. But seeing as it take generations to remove a stigma (i.e. LGBT movement), it would be unreasonable to expect society to change overnight. That's not to say you need to conform though. You don't! Honestly, I think the world would be a very boring place if everyone did what society expected them to do. Just accept that you cannot change other people and work towards your own goals.
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Ok, so it seems we basically agree that there is a stigma that exists against men dating younger women. What I'm not sure we agree on is how severe the stigma is and how big of a problem it poses.
One major difference I would point out is that with the stigma against LGBT, society is moving in the right direction. People are becoming more accepting of those people. When it comes to men dating younger women, we are moving BACKWARDS. It is becoming LESS acceptable than it was previously. Like I mentioned before, feminists, who normally argue against gender roles and stigmas, are the biggest supporters of this stigma. Because of society's brainwashing, they truly believe that men who date younger women are usually "manipulators" and "exploiters". And this is one issue where the traditionalist anti-feminists will usually agree with them.
Yes it's true that I don't have to follow what society expects me to do. But the issue for me is that when it comes to dating, yes it DOES matter what society thinks, because those who I am looking to date are part of the society and their attitude towards me will be effected by how they are socialized to think.