The older men-younger women is a concept foisted onto us by the movie industry. Look how many movies pair up a man with a woman young enough to be his granddaughter. However, does life imitate art, or vice versa? I mean, it's true there are more younger women with older men than the other way around. Is it a developmental aspect of verility, in other words, to prove one's vitality? Or is it a need for younger women to be taken care of, and/or for older men to be in the power position? Does anyone know any studies done of this? As for abstinance, the how-to education is there, the contraceptives are available. They are not always used. Why? In my experience, in many cases there is a need in the female to have children to re-invent her own childhood, to "do it right" the second time around, to satisfy a need to be nurtured through nurturing others. For some women, due to stereotypic gender roles, they grow up believing that the most important role for them is to take care of others. This is the only way they believe they can be of any worth. So, aside from the abstinance-choice part of sex-education, we need to help young people, especially girls, come to think of themselves as people with unique talents and abilities in their own right, not just based on their biological generativity. If you want to gain a better understanding of the young female mind, read "Ophelia Speaks", and "Reviving Ophelia" to fully appreciate the fragility of the developing self-image.
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