First of all, like 5% of women date or marry men 10+ years older than them. That’s not a huge percentage or even a “fair number” of women.
Second, and that being said, if you spend time with people in their early 20s, the maturity gap between women and men seems pretty obvious to me. That’s not across the board, and it’s not always the case, but your average 22yo woman and your average 22yo man are often worlds apart in their life goals, daily habits, general maturity, career and educational trajectories, etc.
For instance you have young men babbling about how they can be drafted, and how it takes two to tango, and how it’s unfair that they’re still treated like children while simultaneously looking for a hottie that will also be their mom.
Women go to college at higher rates. They succeed in college at higher rates. They graduate at higher rates. They seek postgraduate degrees at higher rates.
Your average 22yo woman is significantly more mature in terms of creating a professional life than a corresponding 22yo man that is still trying to make his professional gaming and YouTube career work. His YouTube career, incidentally, is just his gamertag with “YT” in front of it.
There’s a reasonable case to be made, based on the relative rates of cognitive development across genders, that until about 27-29, women are, generally but not always, more mature than their male peers.
First of all, like 5% of women date or marry men 10+ years older than them. That’s not a huge percentage or even a “fair number” of women.
Second, and that being said, if you spend time with people in their early 20s, the maturity gap between women and men seems pretty obvious to me. That’s not across the board, and it’s not always the case, but your average 22yo woman and your average 22yo man are often worlds apart in their life goals, daily habits, general maturity, career and educational trajectories, etc.
For instance you have young men babbling about how they can be drafted, and how it takes two to tango, and how it’s unfair that they’re still treated like children while simultaneously looking for a hottie that will also be their mom.
Women go to college at higher rates. They succeed in college at higher rates. They graduate at higher rates. They seek postgraduate degrees at higher rates.
Your average 22yo woman is significantly more mature in terms of creating a professional life than a corresponding 22yo man that is still trying to make his professional gaming and YouTube career work. His YouTube career, incidentally, is just his gamertag with “YT” in front of it.
There’s a reasonable case to be made, based on the relative rates of cognitive development across genders, that until about 27-29, women are, generally but not always, more mature than their male peers.
You just argued for men not being drafted at 18 - they are mere kids. Women, on the other hand!
I didn’t argue for anyone being drafted. I was referencing how the person I was responding to mentioned it.