[ SECRET POST #3678 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3678 ⌋

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Comments

Huh.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree the big age gap is a problem and I wouldn't mind if it went the other way a fair bit more often (without the older woman being seen as predatory), 'cause I kind like that. But it is interesting to see it laid out like that, especially if it's something you like. I guess these charts also make it easier to find movies with your kink. I do have to wonder how those charts would look if they went with the ages the actors are playing rather than the actors' ages - some wouldn't really change, but some would.

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[(Anonymous)]

I do have to wonder how those charts would look if they went with the ages the actors are playing rather than the actors' ages - some wouldn't really change, but some would.

This too. People have mentioned that it's sexist that the age gap isn't mentioned, but in a world where 20-somethings play teenagers in high school, it's possible that a lot of the characters aren't intended to have as large of an age gap as the actors actually have.

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[(Anonymous)]

It's still pretty sexist and bad news for older women and their acting careers, though.

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[(Anonymous)]

I don't feel like age gaps themselves are inherently sexist. The fact that it's fine for a 57 year old to play a 20 year younger love interest for a male is fine when it wouldn't be a 57 year old woman playing a 37 year old love interest is what's sexist.

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[(Anonymous)]

I think the point isn't that age gaps are bad, it's that these age gaps usually involve older men /younger women, with very few older women/younger men. It means that when an older man needs a love interest, the part typically goes to a woman many years his junior, and rarely a woman his own age or older.

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[(Anonymous)]

It means that when an older man needs a love interest, the part typically goes to a woman many years his junior, and rarely a woman his own age or older.

I'll agree with this, but the reason the older woman/younger man thing probably doesn't pop up frequently is because it's not as frequent as older man/younger woman in real life either.

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[(Anonymous)]

Nayrt

While I'd say older man/younger woman is more prevalent in real life AMONG COUPLES WITH SIGNIFICANT AGE GAPS, but I'd argue that significant age differences between romantic couples are less common than in movies.

Re: Huh.

[(Anonymous)]

How frequently do people with mutant superpowers pop up?

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[(Anonymous)]

That hardly disproves the idea that it's a patriarchal idea

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[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, but how often does the stuff that happens in a Hollywood movie correspond exactly with reality? Don't you think it's funny how (if your theory is correct) the people who make movies are only interested in accurately portraying that one small detail about human relationships?

As you might guess, I don't think your theory is correct. I agree that in real life, you see a lot more older men with younger women. But the thing about movies and TV is that they regularly show quite a lot of things that don't happen in real life, so your idea that people are only being realistic seems unlikely to me.

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[digitalghosts]

The Older Man / Younger Woman is a patriarchal ideal but ... rarely dominating nowadays. My family loves age gaps and most couples for few generations had a gap of 10+. I am almost 3 years older than my boyfriend, other cousins are similar in age with partners while my younger brother and his boyfriend have 20 years between them. He is the norm - me and cousins are odd.