November 21st, 2010
Disapproval, unwanted pregnancy and disease
Written by By Maya SokolovskiWednesday, 17 September 2008Dating an older man can be more trouble than it’s worth
Although the media may have you thinking otherwise, dating older men is not as great as it may seem. Before I go any further, I have a confession to make – I used to date a man 13 years my senior. I was madly in love with him – so much so, in fact, that when an essay assignment came up and the profs told us we could write about any topic we wanted, I chose relationships between younger women and older men. I was in for a few surprises. Although relevant and credible research about those types of pairings are scant, I managed to glean a few things… Read entire article here.
Gayle’s Commentary:
Let me go on record right now that I almost didn’t post this article. I think it’s full of stereotypes and that’s not something this website is here to tout. But in graduate school, I was trained in research and I have noticed there is a woefully small of amount of credible research about us age gappers. It reminds me of the days before Susan G. Koman got cancer, the days before her death, and the days before her sister Nancy Brinker made a death bed promise to her to do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. Read the rest of this entry »
