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Men mature at approximately age 43, British study confirms
The Province ^ | June 11, 2013

Posted on 06/11/2013 5:11:49 PM PDT by rickmichaels

A British study has identified the age at which men finally grow up -- and it's 43.

That's 11 years later than their female counterparts, according to research commissioned by Nickelodeon UK.

Men demonstrate their immaturity by being amused at farts and burps and playing video games, among other things, said women who participated in the survey.

Not being able to cook simple meals, re-telling the same old stories and jokes when out with the boys, and owning a skateboard or BMX were also high on the list.

Nickelodeon UK released the results in support of its launch of a new program called Wendell and Vinnie, which features a 30-year-old bachelor who suddenly becomes the legal guardian of his precocious 12-year-old nephew.

"As a man, especially one who works for a children's channel, the question if men ever reach maturity is one I am well accustomed to," said Tim Patterson, Nickelodeon's director of programming. "However, as the characters Wendell and Vinnie show in our new program, a difference in maturity between two people definitely makes for an amusing partnership."

Men don't dispute their immaturity. A quarter of the men surveyed described themselves as actively immature, and both mean and women agreed that women mature much, much sooner.

Three in 10 women surveyed said they and ended a relationship because they found a man too immature, and eight in 10 believed men "never stop being childish."

On the bright side, almost one-third of those surveyed believed a little immaturity can be an asset when bonding with children.

The survey found the top five maturity failings among British men to be:

1. Finding humour in their own farts and burps

2. Eating fast food in the wee hours

3. Playing video games

4. Driving too fast or racing other cars

5. Snickering at rude words


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 43; adulthood; anotherstudy; culturewar; feminism; genderwars; males; manhood; maturity; men; savethemales
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To: American Constitutionalist

I’m okay with men taking the higher road if they can acknowledge that men and women are different (and that does not mean subordinate).

Meanwhile I know some women who’ve admitted to going on first dates specifically for the free meals.

Generosity is not to be exploited.


121 posted on 06/12/2013 10:08:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: American Constitutionalist
Actually ? in the last 40 or so years men have felt that way in this world that it's all the men's fault. Have you not heard spoken ? even from Hillary Clinton herself ? " Women are morally superior than men "

I've certainly seen the meme circulated on facebook and elsewhere that the world would be a far more "peaceful place" if women/homosexuals ran our governments.

122 posted on 06/12/2013 10:09:45 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: rickmichaels

Hey! I’m in my 50’s and still like PC video games (Homeworld and Freespace2 mods) and table-top RPGs.
Don’t get to play them. Not enough time for the video games and the idea of 50+ year old playing an RPG with teenagers or younger is, well, creepy. But I still like them.


123 posted on 06/12/2013 10:14:35 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it gettingthe so hot?)
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To: stayathomemom

Might be something there. I got married at 42 and my wife was 35... She tells me I wouldn’t have liked her when she was younger, but I don’t think I have changed all that much until I married.


124 posted on 06/12/2013 10:19:29 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it gettingthe so hot?)
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