According to a study conducted by sex psychologist, Dr
Justin Lehmiller, women who date younger men have more satisfying relationships.
Dr Lehmiller surveyed 200 heterosexual women in
relationships about their relationships, including the age of their partners,
and how satisfied they were.
The results revealed that women who were more than 10 years
older than their partners were the most satisfied with, and committed to, their
relationships than both women who were younger than their partners, and women
whose partners were close in age.
Dr Lehmiller
explained: “Why were the older women happier with their relationships? I can’t
say with certainty based on my data, but it may be because when the woman is
older, it might shift the power dynamic toward greater equality.
“We know from a lot of research that greater equality in a
relationship tends to make couples happier, so perhaps it’s the case that this
arrangement is just more equitable.”
Dr Lehmiller also suggests that relationships in which the
woman is older than the man may work as they put the woman in a more dominant
position.
He added: “We know that a lot of men are into the idea of
submitting to a dominant, powerful woman—and they tend to see older women as
having those characteristics.
“So maybe it’s a
feeling of empowerment that ultimately underlies older women’s greater feelings
of satisfaction—and perhaps that empowerment allows women to get more of what
they want, sexually and otherwise.”
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