Age differences in partnerships
The social phenomenon of age differences in partnerships describes the sometimes considerable differences in age between partners in love relationships and is the subject of social debates, numerous publications and scientific studies.
In general, the amorous or sexual interest in much older people is referred to as gerontophilia and in much younger people as chronophilia .
The acceptance of greater age differences in love relationships is influenced by social and economic conditions, has been assessed differently over the centuries and differs in different cultures in terms of the partnerships practiced in each case (e.g. marriage , temporary marriage , concubinate , harem ), their type (e.g. monogamy , polygamy , polyandry , polyamory ) and course (e.g. divorce , adultery , affair , swingers ).
Age differences in sexual partnerships have long been the subject of scientific studies in various disciplines such as B. Psychology , Evolutionary Psychology , Behavioral Research , Anthropology or Mathematics .
statistics
Mixed-sex partnerships
Most men marry women who are younger than themselves. The average age difference for couples who married for the first time and who were younger than 50 years old was between two and five years in most countries , according to a 2019 study by the United Nations . In Germany , Austria and Switzerland the value was two to three years. Average age differences of more than five years existed almost exclusively in Africa, with Guinea having the highest value at 8.2 years. The age difference was less than two years in France , the United Kingdom , the USA , China and Japan, among others . Average age differences of less than a year existed on some smaller islands, with the Cook Islands having the lowest value at 0.1 years. The Cook Islands, along with Tokelau , Niue and Montserrat, were also among the four areas in which men were more likely to marry women who were older than themselves.
Germany
According to the data report , 10% of spouses in mixed-sex marriages in Germany were the same age in 2017. In 73% the man was older than the woman, in 17% the woman was older than the man. In mixed-sex partnerships, both partners were of the same age in 10%, in 67% the man was older than the woman, in 24% the woman was older than the man.
Switzerland
According to the Federal Statistical Office , 29% of couples in Switzerland in which both partners were at least 18 years old had an age difference of no more than one year. In 59% of the couples the man was older than the woman, in 13% the woman was older than the man.
France
According to the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques , 31% of spouses in mixed-sex marriages in France in 2017 were about the same age with a maximum age difference of one year. In 54% the man was older than the woman, in 16% the woman was older than the man.
United Kingdom
According to a 2003 study by the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales , the number of women who married younger men rose from 15% to 26% between 1963 and 1998.
United States
According to the US Census Bureau , in 2019, 35% of spouses in mixed-sex marriages were about the same age, with a maximum age difference of one year. In 51% of the couples the man was older than the woman, in 15% the woman was older than the man.
Canada
According to Statistics Canada , in Canada in 2001, 58% of spouses in mixed-sex marriages with a maximum age difference of three years had little or no age difference. In 36% of the couples the man was older than the woman, in 6% the woman was older than the man.
Same-sex partnerships
Larger age differences are more common in same-sex partnerships than in mixed-sex partnerships. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics , the average age difference in 2011 in Australia was 3.7 years for mixed-sex couples, 4.8 years for female couples, and 6.5 years for male couples. According to the US Census Bureau, in 2012 10% of mixed-sex, 18% of female, and 25% of male couples had an age difference of at least ten years. Studies from France, Canada and Australia came to similar results.
Older man - younger woman
Various studies have shown that men and women in different age groups are most attractive. Women in their early to mid-twenties are considered to be particularly attractive, while men have reached their peak of attractiveness between their mid-30s and early 40s. On average, there is therefore a difference in terms of the highest attractiveness of 13 years between the sexes. Women also age faster than men, studies have found that the aging process starts faster in women. The physical performance and state of health are often significantly better in older men than in women of the same age.
According to a 2010 study at the University of Wales of 22,400 subjects in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan, women showed no preference for significantly younger men. According to this study, women are generally interested in men of the same age or older. This study also supports the different types of relationships (e.g., Enjokōsai , Sugardaddy , Trophy Wife ) that younger women have with older men for different reasons. An earlier study had also shown this result.
Explanations
The Evolutionary psychology or anthropology explain the fundamental interests of women in older men and their choice especially for long-term retention (eg. As marriage or concubinage ) through the economic security, the older men can have in many cultures. Men, on the other hand, find younger women of childbearing age attractive. This preference of women is found in cultures where older men can have social advantages. Accordingly, older, socially established and financially secure men are often together with young women.
Problem
Young women who choose a significantly older life partner have a statistically greater risk of being killed out of jealousy.
advantages
Men with significantly younger partners have a longer life expectancy. Men with a younger partner have an 11% higher life expectancy than men with a partner of the same age. Scientific studies have shown that the children of older fathers have longer telomere chains than the children of younger fathers. It is assumed that longer telomere chains are an indication of a higher life expectancy.
Known couples
With an age difference of 63 years, the wedding between former playmate Anna Nicole Smith and oil billionaire James Howard Marshall is seen as an exceptional example of such a relationship. At the time of marriage, Marshall was 89 and Smith was 26 years old.
age difference | man | woman | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
62 | James Howard Marshall | Anna Nicole Smith | 1994-1995 |
60 | Hugh Hefner | Crystal Harris | 2012-2017 |
57 | Richard Lugner | Cathy Lugner | 2014-2016 |
48 | Silvio Berlusconi | Francesca Pascale | 2012 – today |
47 | Bernie Ecclestone | Fabiana Flosi | 2012 – today |
47 | Maximilian Schell | Iva Mihanovic | 2008-2014 |
46 | Dick Van Dyke | Arlene Silver | 2012 – today |
46 | Jimmy Page | Scarlett Sabet | 2015 – today |
45 | Johannes Heesters | Simone Rethel | 1992-2011 |
44 | Mick Jagger | Melanie Hamrick | |
44 | Cornelius Vanderbilt | Frank Armstrong Crawford Vanderbilt | 1869-1877 |
44 | Jack White | Raffaela Slyusareva | 2015 – today |
42 | Michel Temer | Marcela Temer | 2003 – today |
41 | Terry Jones | Anna Söderström | 2004-2020 |
41 | Klaus Kinski | Debora Caprioglio | 1987-1989 |
41 | Robert Mugabe | Grace Mugabe | |
41 | William III. (Netherlands) | Emma to Waldeck and Pyrmont | 1879-1890 |
40 | Franz Müntefering | Michelle Müntefering | 2009 – today |
40 | Pablo Picasso | Françoise Gilot | 1943-1953 |
39 | Frank Otto | Nathalie Volk | 2016 – today |
39 | Steven Tyler | Erin Brady | 2006-2013 |
39 | Claus Wilcke | Daniela Wilcke | 2019 – today |
38 | Peter Maffay | Hendrikje Balsmeyer | 2015 – today |
38 | Bertrand Russell | Patricia Helen Spence | 1936-1949 |
38 | Patrick Stewart | Sunny Ozell | 2008 – today |
37 | TS Eliot | Valerie Eliot | 1957-1965 |
37 | Karel Gott | Ivana Gottová | 2008-2019 |
36 | James Brown | Tomi Rae Hynie | 2001-2006 |
36 | Charlie Chaplin | Oona O'Neill | 1943-1977 |
36 | Claus Theo Gärtner | Sarah Gardener | 2003 – today |
36 | Gerhard Richter | Sabine Moritz | 1995 – today |
36 | Peter Paul Rubens | Hélène Fourment | 1630-1640 |
35 | Woody Allen | Soon-Yi Previn | 1992 – today |
35 | Clint Eastwood | Dina Eastwood | 1996-2014 |
35 | Reinhold Messner | Diane Schumacher | |
35 | Bert Wollersheim | Yvonne Schaufler | 2017 – today |
34 | Noam Chomsky | Valeria Wasserman | 2014 – today |
34 | HP Baxxter | Liza Leven | |
34 | David Foster | Katharine McPhee | 2018 – today |
34 | Mel Gibson | Rosalind Ross | 2014 – today |
34 | Helmut Kohl | Maike Kohl-Richter | 2005-2017 |
34 | John Wayne | Pat Stacy | 1973-1979 |
33 | Yasser Arafat | Suha at-Tawil | 1990-2004 |
33 | Richard Gere | Alejandra Silva | 2015 – today |
33 | Billy Joel | Alexis Roderick | |
33 | Mickey Rourke | Anastassija Makarenko | 2009 – today |
32 | Josip Broz Tito | Jovanka Broz | |
32 | Riccardo Fogli | Karin Trentini | 2010 – today |
32 | Cary Grant | Dyan Cannon | 1965-1968 |
32 | David Lynch | Emily Stofle | |
31 | Rolf Eden | Ursula Buchfellner | |
31 | Anthony Kiedis | Helena Vestergaard | 2013-2015 |
31 | Jean Puetz | Pina Coluccia | |
30th | Dieter Bohlen | Carina Bohlen | 2006 – today |
30th | Vincent Cassel | Tina Kunakey | 2018 – today |
30th | Eric Clapton | Melia McEnery | 1998 – today |
30th | Jeff Goldblum | Emilie Livingston | 2014 – today |
30th | James Last | Christine Grundner | |
30th | Niki Lauda | Birgit Lauda | 2008-2019 |
30th | Heinrich Schliemann | Sophia Schliemann | 1869-1890 |
30th | Ron Wood | Sally Humphreys | 2012 – today |
29 | Werner Boehm | Susanne Boehm | 1995-2019 |
29 | Robert Koch | Hedwig Freiberg | 1893-1910 |
29 | Frank Sinatra | Mia Farrow | 1966-1968 |
28 | Jürgen Drews | Ramona Drews | 1994 – today |
28 | Sky du Mont | Mirja du Mont | 2000-2016 |
28 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Heather Milligan | 2015 – today |
28 | Michael Wendler | Laura Müller | 2018 – today |
27 | Jair Bolsonaro | Michelle Bolsonaro | 2007 – today |
27 | Charles Dickens | Ellen Ternan | 1857-1870 |
27 | Joschka Fischer | Minu Barati | 2005 – today |
27 | Nelson Mandela | Graça Machel | 1998-2013 |
27 | Lothar Matthäus | Anastasia Klimko | 2014 – today |
26th | René Angélil | Celine Dion | 1994-2016 |
26th | Dane Cook | Kelsi Taylor | 2017 – today |
26th | David Hasselhoff | Hayley Roberts | 2012 – today |
26th | Jan Hofer | Phong Lan Hofer | 2014 – today |
26th | till Lindemann | Sophia Thomalla | 2011-2015 |
26th | Steve Martin | Anne Stringfield | 2004 – today |
26th | François Mitterrand | Anne Pingeot | 1962-1996 |
26th | Gerhard Schröder | Schröder-Kim So-yeon | 2017 – today |
26th | Rod Stewart | Penny Lancaster | 1999 – today |
25th | Alec Baldwin | Hilaria Baldwin | 2011 – today |
25th | Michael Douglas | Catherine Zeta-Jones | 1999 – today |
25th | Kelsey Grammer | Kayte Walsh | 2010 – today |
25th | Larry King | Shawn Southwick | 1997 – today |
25th | Oskar Lafontaine | Sahra Wagenknecht | 2011 – today |
25th | Rupert Murdoch | Jerry Hall | 2016 – today |
25th | Orson Welles | Oja Kodar | |
25th | Stevie Wonder | Tomeeka Bracy | 2017 – today |
24 | Humphrey Bogart | Lauren Bacall | 1945–1957 |
24 | Boris Johnson | Carrie Symonds | 2019 – today |
24 | Paul Simon | Edie Brickell | 1992 – today |
24 | Otto Waalkes | Eva Hassmann | 2000-2012 |
24 | Richard Wagner | Cosima Wagner | 1864-1883 |
23 | Jamal Khashoggi | Hatice Cengiz | |
23 | Pepe Lienhard | Christine Köhli | |
23 | Aristotle Onassis | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | 1968-1975 |
23 | Bob Saget | Kelly Rizzo | |
23 | Charlie Sheen | Brett Rossi | 2014-2014 |
23 | Werner from Siemens | Antonie Siemens | 1869-1892 |
23 | Donald Trump | Melania Trump | 2005 – today |
23 | Bruce Willis | Emma Heming-Willis | 2009 – today |
22nd | Napoleon Bonaparte | Marie-Louise of Austria | 1810-1821 |
22nd | Johnny Depp | Amber Heard | 2012-2017 |
22nd | Alan Ferguson | As long as Knowles | 2008 – today |
22nd | Harrison Ford | Calista Flockhart | 2002 – today |
22nd | Adolf Hitler | Eva Braun | 1932-1945 |
22nd | Sylvester Stallone | Jennifer Flavin | 1995 – today |
22nd | John Stamos | Caitlin McHugh | 2016 – today |
21st | Warren Beatty | Annette Bening | 1992 – today |
21st | Andrew Carnegie | Louise Whitfield Carnegie | 1887-1919 |
21st | Jakob Fugger | Sibylla Fugger | 1498-1525 |
21st | Carlo Ponti | Sophia Loren | 1957-2007 |
21st | Elvis Presley | Ginger Alden | 1976-1977 |
20th | Rudi Assauer | Simone Thomalla | 2000-2009 |
20th | Josh Brolin | Kathryn Brolin | 2015 – today |
20th | Frederick Douglass | Helen Pitts | 1884-1895 |
20th | Hulk Hogan | Jennifer McDaniel | 2008 – today |
20th | Robert Redford | Sibylle Szaggars | |
20th | Rembrandt van Rijn | Hendrickje Stoffels | |
20th | Diego Rivera | Frida Kahlo | 1929-1957 |
20th | Quentin Tarantino | Daniella Pick | 2009 – today |
Older woman - younger man
With Cougar , Sugar Mommy , Boy Toy , or MILF different kinds of interests of women in much younger men are sexual partners or described reversed and z. B. supported by a study published in 2003 by the American Association of Retired Persons . According to this, 34% of women over 40 years of age meet younger men. Likewise, many older women have been paying younger lovers for sexual adventures in many tourist destinations in the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa for several decades .
According to the US Census Bureau , there were fewer than half a million couples in the US in 1997 with an age difference of at least ten years. However, in 2003 there were around 3 million couples in which the man was at least six years younger than the woman. International online dating services such as For example, match.com, with around 20 million members, has recorded an increase in the proportion of women in their databases who would like to meet a man who is at least ten years younger.
Explanations
In today's western countries, many older women are socially and financially independent.
Problem
In the event of pregnancy, older mothers have a higher risk of complications. The lack of prospect of family planning together was cited as the most common reason for separation in relationships between younger men and older women. Women with significantly younger partners have a lower life expectancy. Women with a partner 7 to 9 years younger have a 20% lower life expectancy than women with a partner of the same age.
Known couples
age difference | woman | man | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
32 | Joan Collins | Percy Gibson | 2002 – today |
28 | Madonna | Jesus Luz | 2009-2010 |
24 | Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart | Alfonso Díez Carabantes | 2011-2014 |
24 | Brigitte Macron | Emmanuel Macron | 1994 – today |
24 | Vivienne Westwood | Andreas Kronthaler | 1992 – today |
23 | Sam Taylor-Johnson | Aaron Taylor-Johnson | 2009 – today |
23 | Ivana Trump | Rossano Rubicondi | 2008-2008 |
22nd | Kim Cattrall | Alan Wyse | 2004-2010 |
22nd | Nina Hagen | Lucas Alexander Breinholm | 2004-2005 |
21st | Nina Hagen | River | 2005-2010 |
20th | Lisa Fitz | Peter Knirsch | 2002 – today |
19th | Jacqueline Bisset | Vincent Perez | 1988-1991 |
19th | Elizabeth Taylor | Larry Fortensky | 1991-1995 |
19th | Simone Thomalla | Silvio Heinevetter | 2009 – today |
18th | Pamela Anderson | Adil Rami | 2016-2019 |
18th | Jessica Stockmann | Gregor Nebel | 2010-2010 |
18th | Tilda Swinton | Sandro Kopp | 2004 – today |
17th | Jacqueline Bisset | Emin Boztepe | 1994-2005 |
17th | Anna Gordy Gaye | Marvin Gaye | 1963-1973 |
17th | Jennifer Lopez | Caspar Smart | 2011-2016 |
17th | Katrin Schaake | Marius Müller-Westernhagen | 1974-1986 |
16 | Caroline Beil | Philipp Sattler | 2014 – today |
16 | Heidi Klum | Tom Kaulitz | 2018 – today |
16 | Tina Turner | Erwin Bach | |
15th | Caroline Beil | Pete Dwojak | 2006-2010 |
15th | Nina Hagen | David Lynn | 1996-2000 |
15th | Demi Moore | Ashton Kutcher | 2003-2013 |
15th | Brigitte Nielsen | Mattia Dessi | 2006 – today |
13 | Heidi Klum | Vito Schnabel | 2014-2017 |
12 | Mariah Carey | Nick Cannon | 2008-2016 |
12 | Deborra-Lee Furness | Hugh Jackman | 1996 – today |
12 | Nena | Phillipp Palm | |
12 | Susan Sarandon | Tim Robbins | 1988-2009 |
12 | Inge Steiner | Matthias Steiner | 2008 – today |
11 | Lisa Bonet | Jason Momoa | 2005 – today |
11 | Romy Schneider | Daniel Biasini | 1975-1981 |
10 | Iris Berben | Heiko Kiesow | 2007 – today |
10 | Priyanka Chopra | Nick Jonas | 2018 – today |
10 | Madonna | Guy Ritchie | 2000-2008 |
10 | Romy Schneider | Laurent Pétin | |
10 | Birgit Schrowange | Markus Lanz | 1998-2006 |
10 | Shakira | Gerard Piqué | 2011 – today |
Homosexual partnerships
There can also be greater age differences in homosexual partnerships.
Known couples
age difference | Older partner | Younger partner | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
39 | Liberace | Scott Thorson | 1976-1982 |
38 | Magnus Hirschfeld | Li Shiu Tong | |
37 | Luchino Visconti | Helmut Berger | 1964-1976 |
36 | Ole von Beust | Lukas Förster | 2010 – today |
35 | Helmut Berger | Florian Wess | 2014-2015 |
33 | Roland Emmerich | Omar De Soto | 2009 – today |
32 | Rosa von Praunheim | Oliver Sechting | |
31 | Holland Taylor | Sarah Paulson | 2015 – today |
30th | Stephen Fry | Elliot Spencer | 2015 – today |
30th | Magnus Hirschfeld | Karl Giese | |
21st | Sven Epiney | Michael Graber | 2011 – today |
18th | Alice Schwarzer | Bettina Flitner | |
16 | Dieter Schroth | Harald Glööckler | 1987 – today |
16 | Susan Sunday | Annie Leibovitz | 1989-2004 |
16 | Oscar Wilde | Alfred Douglas | 1891-1895 |
15th | Ellen DeGeneres | Portia de Rossi | 2004 – today |
15th | Elton John | David Furnish | 1993 – today |
15th | Martina Navratilova | Julia Lemigova |
Artist's impression
Relationships and affairs with greater age differences are depicted in painting, music, literature and film from different epochs.
painting
Albrecht Dürer , The Request for Love , approx. 1495–1496
Lucas Cranach the Elder , The Unequal Couple , approx. 1520–1522
Quentin Massys , The Unequal Couple , ca. 1520–1525
Cornelis van Haarlem , The Choice Between Young and Old , 1597
David Teniers the Younger , Old Man and Young Woman , 1635
Jan Steen , A gallant old man woos a young woman , 1665
Edmund Blair Leighton , Until Death Do Us Part , 1878
music
- Dalida : Il venait d'avoir 18 ans (Song, 1973)
- Peter Maffay : And It Was Summer (Song, 1976)
- Herbert Grönemeyer : All the Years (Song, 1980)
- Heaven 17 : Come Live With Me (Song, 1983)
- Shabba Ranks ft. Krystal: Twice My Age (Song, 1988)
- Beastie Boys : Boomin 'Granny (Song, 1992)
- The Doctors : Omaboy (Song, 1993)
- The Schröders : Ms. Schmidt (Song, 1996)
- Wolfgang von Henko: Lovesong Für Inge (Song, 1997)
- Lana Del Rey : Cola (Song, 2012)
- Hey Violet: Guys My Age (Song, 2016)
literature
- Sebastian Brant : The Ship of Fools (Moralsatire, 1494), Chapter 52 "Free because of money"
- Louisa May Alcott : Little Women (Roman, 1868–1869)
- George Eliot : Middlemarch (Roman, 1871–1872)
- Henry James : Portrait of a Lady (novel, 1881)
- Theodor Fontane : Effi Briest (novel, 1894–1895)
- Patricia Highsmith : Salt and Its Price (novel, 1952)
- Max Frisch : Homo faber (novel, 1957)
- René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo : Asterix (comic series, since 1959), figure of Methusalix and his much younger wife
- Mario Vargas Llosa : Aunt Julia and the Art Writer (novel, 1977)
- Louis Begley : Schmidt (novel, 1996)
- Martina Zöllner : Bleibtreu (novel, 2003)
- Françoise Dorner : The Last Love of Monsieur Armand (Roman, 2006)
- Martin Walser : A loving man (Roman, 2008)
- Tomas Espedal : Against Nature (Roman, 2011)
- Amy Sackville : Journey to Orkney (Novel, 2014)
- Karl Geary : Montpelier Parade (novel, 2017)
- Lisa Halliday : Asymmetry (Roman, 2018)
Movie
- 1927: In the film The Dangerous Age , Asta Nielsen, the wife of a professor, has an affair with one of his students ( Walter Rilla ).
- 1931: In the Stefan Zweig film 24 Hours from the Life of a Woman , a widow ( Henny Porten ) and an unhappy young roulette player ( Walter Rilla ) fall in love, but his gambling addiction is stronger.
- 1955: In What Heaven Permits, Cary Scott ( Jane Wyman ) falls in love with her much younger gardener Ron Kirby ( Rock Hudson ).
- 1962: In the German W. Somerset Maugham film version Julia, You're Magical , a married actress ( Lilli Palmer ) has an affair with a young suitor ( Jean Sorel ).
- 1967: Anne Bancroft seduces young Dustin Hoffman as Mrs. Robinson in the film The Graduation .
- 1971: Harold and Maude
- 1972: The last tango in Paris
- 1982: Homework with Joan Collins and Michael Morgan
- 1990: Breakfast at her place with Susan Sarandon and James Spader
- 1990: In season 8 episode 17 of Cheers , Woody (W. Harrelson) meets Roxanne (Melendy Britt), the mother of his high society friend Kelly (Jackie Swanson). The attractive jet set lady tries to seduce him. Kelly later tells Woody that Roxanne flirted with all of her friends for fun and "because it keeps her young".
- 1996: The Random Lover with Gwyneth Paltrow
- 1998: The Big Lebowski with Tara Reid as Trophy Wife Bunny Lebowski
- 1998: The bestselling film adaptation of Stella's Groove: Men Are Half the Battle is about a successful stock trader and mother ( Angela Bassett ) who begins a romance with a young man while on vacation in Jamaica .
- 1998–2004: Sex and the City with Kim Cattrall in the role of Samantha "Sam" Jones .
- 1999: In American Pie , Finch ( Eddie Kaye Thomas ) loses his innocence to Stiffler's mom ( Jennifer Coolidge ).
- 2002: In the film Ken Park , teenage Shawn ( James Bullard ) is used by Rhonda ( Maeve Quinlan ), the mother of his friend Hannah , to satisfy her sexual fantasies.
- 2003: Erica Barry ( Diane Keaton ), who is around 50 , meets in the film What the Heart Desires with Julian Mercer ( Keanu Reeves ), who is around 30 .
- 2005: The 37-year-old career woman Rafi Gardet ( Uma Thurman ) enters into a relationship with David Bloomberg ( Bryan Greenberg ), the 23-year-old son of her therapist, in couch whispers .
- 2006: In season 2, episode 6 of How I Met Your Mother , Barney is “hunted” by Professor Marshall to get better grades for Marshall.
- 2007: Mainly in love with Michelle Pfeiffer
- 2008: The Reader
- 2009: In Chéri - A Comedy of Vanities , 43-year-old courtesan Léa de Lonval (Michelle Pfeiffer) and 19-year-old Chérie (Rupert Friend) live together for six years until he marries someone else.
- 2009: In Cougar Town agreed Jules Cobb ( Courteney Cox ) with younger men.
- 2009: In New Moon - Bis (s) at noon explains Bella ( Kristen Stewart ) Jake ( Taylor Lautner ) jokingly, "I'm not into Cougar did Thing".
- 2009: Better in love with Catherine Zeta-Jones
- 2009: In the series Accidentally Happy , 37-year-old film critic Billie from San Francisco ( Jenna Elfman ) becomes pregnant after a brief affair with the much younger chef Zack ( Jon Foster ).
- 2009: In the movie Toy Boy (original title Spread ), Nikki ( Ashton Kutcher ) lets rich women stand up, u. a. from the older Samantha ( Anne Heche ).
- 2011: In Stadtgeflüster - Sex nach Fünf , 38-year-old Julia ( Sophie Schütt ) speaks on the live broadcast of radio talker Ariane about her eleven-year-old lover Robin ( Stefan Murr ), who is Ariane's son - an analogy to Couchgeflüster (2005).
- 2015: In For one night ... and always? the scientist Eva ( Juliane Köhler ) and the 21 years younger poker player Tom ( Marc Benjamin ) become a couple.
Minors and age of consent
The sexual interest in much younger people has been judged differently at different times and in different cultures. Some of these sexual addictions , such as B. infantophilia, pedophilia , pederasty or hebephilia , parthenophilia (also lolita complex ), ephebophilia or neoterophilia , were and are in many cultures a disorder of sexual preference and are often socially ostracized or prosecuted as sexual abuse of children or adolescents .
The age of consent is the age from which a person is legally regarded as capable of giving consent to actions. Sexual acts with persons below the age of consent are in principle prosecuted. In many countries outside Europe there are different ages of consent for homosexual and heterosexual acts due to laws on homosexuality . People who have passed the age of consent are referred to as sexually mature.
See also
literature
- DM Buss : The Evolution Of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating . 4th edition. Basic Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-465-00802-5 .
- DM Buss: The Dangerous Passion . Diane Pub Co, 2000, ISBN 978-0-7567-6548-4 .
- K. Grammer : Signals of love. The biological laws of partnership. Dtv, 1995, ISBN 978-3-423-30498-6 .
- CM Meston: Why Women Have Sex: Women Reveal the Truth About Their Sex Lives, from Adventure to Revenge (and Everything in Between) . St. Martin's Griffin, 2010, ISBN 978-0-312-66265-3 .
- M. Penn, EK Zalesne: Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes . Twelve, 2007, ISBN 978-0-446-19524-9 .
- C. Targosz: Dating the Younger Man . Adams Media, 2008, ISBN 1-59869-668-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Trafford: Older Woman, Younger Man: It's a Match Made in Cyberspace. The Washington Post, June 22, 2008, accessed March 11, 2011 .
- ↑ a b C. Targosz: When Does a Woman Become "OLDER"? Psychology Today , August 16, 2009, accessed March 11, 2011 .
- ^ X. Zang: The Husband-Wife Age Gap in the First Marriage: A Cross-Country Analysis . Ed .: State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Economics. 2007, p. 49 .
- ↑ JM Bailey, S. Gauline, Y. Agyei, BA Gladue: Effects of Gender and sexual orientation on evolutionary relevant aspects of human mating . In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology . 66, No. 6, 1994, pp. 1081-1093.
- ^ A. Cohen: Optimal Dating Strategy . 2002, p. 6 ( online ( memento of May 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on March 12, 2011]). Optimal Dating Strategy ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ SC Rosenbluth, JM Steil, JH Whitcomb: Marital Equality, What Does It Mean? . In: Journal of Family Issues . 19, No. 3, 1998, pp. 227-244.
- ^ KS Hymowitz: Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age . In: The Heritage Lectures . March 2007, p. 4.
- ↑ M. Tertilt: Women, polygyny and Power. The Nebraska Anthropologist, 1996, pp. 73-79 , accessed March 11, 2011 .
- ^ N. Wu, AL Couch: Stable marriage assignment for unequal sets . In: BIT Numerical Mathematics . 10, No. 3, 1970, pp. 295-309.
- ↑ LI Pearlin: Status Inequality and Stress in Marriage . In: American Sociological Association . 40, June 1975, pp. 344-357.
- ^ CT Hill, Z. Rubin, LA Peplau: Breakups Before Marriage: The End of 103 Affairs . In: Journal of Social Issues . 32, No. 1, 1976, pp. 147-168.
- ↑ a b D. M. Buss: Sex differences in human mate preferences: Evolutionary hypotheses tested in 37 cultures . In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences . 12, No. 1, 1989, pp. 1-14. doi : 10.1017 / s0140525x00023992 .
- ^ World Marriage Data 2019 . United Nations . Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ↑ a b Datenreport 2018 - Chapter 2: Family, ways of life and children . Federal Office for statistics. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ Age differences among couples, 2018 . Federal Office for statistics. November 4, 2019. Accessed June 28, 2020.
- ↑ a b c En 2017, dans deux tiers des mariages entre personnes de sexe différent, la femme est plus jeune que son mari . Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. February 26, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ↑ More women marrying younger men. BBC News, December 12, 2003, accessed March 11, 2011 .
- ↑ able FG3. Opposite-Sex Married Couple Family Groups, by Presence of Own Children Under 18, and Age, Earnings, Education, and Race and Hispanic Origin of Both Spouses: 2019 . US Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
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