I suppose this article on LewRockwell.com today will anger a lot of women because it concerns the older man-younger woman question.

Mick Jagger, Rupert Murdoch and Michael Douglas all have the right idea, evolutionarily speaking. Statistics show that monogamous men have the most children if they marry women younger than themselves. How much younger is the key question.

Last year, a study of Swedish census information suggested a 4 to 6-year age gap is best, but new research has found that in some circumstances a surprisingly large gap – 15 years – is the optimum.

I don’t buy into this “evolutionary” baloney as it is typically used to analyze human relationships. There’s the question of most people – men and women – not desiring an endless supply of children because it takes much work and many $$$$ to rear and support them. The real reason that older men and younger women match up well is two-fold: first off – and this is generally speaking, of course – women tend to not age well because they don’t put forth the effort to maintain themselves. It’s not because we have children – our life expectancy is longer than the male life expectancy. It’s not because we’re doomed, by God, to shrivel and sag and sport a triple chin. Our hormones are more high-maintenance, our bodies wear out differently, and we carry more body fat, so we have to work harder to stave off the effects of age and preserve youth. We have to pay more attention to things – thank you, make-up – and put more time in maintaining and firming up the body temple. Some guys can gorge on beer, ice cream, and McDonald’s and still look good at 50. Women hate that! When woman are lazy and refuse to take care of that which time is undoing, they lose pace with men their own age. I know that most women my age have no problems saying “I don’t care how I look….” Plus there’s those obvious issues like women and gray hair – typically not very attractive at 40 or 50. But for men it enhances their sexual value. Women love the salt-and-pepper male. Who ever heard of a “hot, salt-and-pepper woman?”

Lastly, the other point is another generalization: average males tend to be grossly immature compared to the females their age. Men in their 30s and 40s are still into cartoons, video gaming, hanging out and doing nothing, blowing all of their money, and saying “dude.” Admittedly, nowadays young women are becoming less and less mature, more depraved, and are less likely to be a “calming” influence on the unbroken male. But for the women who want sophistication and romance, men their age are out in the sports bar trying to out-fart their buddies over a Bud. There are only so many young, intellectual, focused, mature males to go around, and the rest are best left to the Hooter’s wet t-shirt contests. The 15-year age difference theory is rather obvious, and it is probably right in the ballpark for many women.