It doesn’t surprise me that Americans think an older man and a younger woman implies ‘perversion’, which is what Weiner was riffing on.
Other cultures (Philippines, Brazil, Thailand, Costa Rica, and many others) have never frowned on this type of match.
Maybe it’s the USA that has the hangup with age differences, not the other way around. Or maybe it’s because in the USA sex is too central to relationships, and in other cultures it’s more about companionship, or status changes through marriage, or what’s beneficial for the greater extended family (a concept that has all but disappeared in the USA).
It doesn’t surprise me that Americans think an older man and a younger woman implies ‘perversion’, which is what Weiner was riffing on.
Other cultures (Philippines, Brazil, Thailand, Costa Rica, and many others) have never frowned on this type of match.
Maybe it’s the USA that has the hangup with age differences, not the other way around. Or maybe it’s because in the USA sex is too central to relationships, and in other cultures it’s more about companionship, or status changes through marriage, or what’s beneficial for the greater extended family (a concept that has all but disappeared in the USA).
What he said.