Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless?

Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by watwut on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:25AM (#34954831)

I haven't seen that, really. I have seen people interpreting such age gap as a sign of guys immaturity or a general red flag for "that dude is looking to take advantage of you". I have never seen the "I would date that guy but he dates younger girls" thing.

Having younger partner is status symbol for a men to show off to other men. It does not make him look like good potential partner to adult women tho.

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Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by wiseowise on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:28AM (#34954857)

> It does not make him look like good potential partner to adult women tho.

I’m pretty someone who can and actively dates someone younger doesn’t care in slightest about opinion of people who are not in his priority bucket.

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Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by watwut on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:58AM (#34955055)

I did not said he cares. I said that he is not seen as lost potential partner.

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Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by mildmotive on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:37AM (#34954913)

This is such a strange response. Aren’t women in their 20s adults?

Women think of men already having a partner as an indication of him being reliability, which is a positive.

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Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by itake on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:28AM (#34954854)

A recent example is Leonardo DiCaprio and his new partner have upset a few women on Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/10w8fv2/th...

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Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by watwut on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:59AM (#34955062)

They claim the relationship is predatory which is exactly what I wrote.

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Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by itake on Monday February 27, 2023 @10:11AM (#34957286)

> I have never seen the "I would date that guy but he dates younger girls" thing.

Reading between the lines, I think many women would want to date Leo, but he dates younger girls.

> a general red flag for "that dude is looking to take advantage of you"

Flags fly both directions: Young people take advantage of an older person in dating (see sugar babies, mail order brides, or a model taking advantage of Leo's $300m lifestyle).

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Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? by luckylion on Monday February 27, 2023 @06:47AM (#34955330)

> I have never seen the "I would date that guy but he dates younger girls" thing.

You find it in the "he's a predator" comments. It's the same dynamic as rejected men calling women a lesbian: dealing with rejection by projecting their negative emotions onto the other person. "Good! I didn't want him/her anyway! Who would ever want someone like that?"

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