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== Sex differences in aging == | == Sex differences in aging == | ||
Women age faster than men in the sense that women's peak physical attractiveness to others declines faster than men's. A simple explanation for this is that women lose their reproductive ability sooner than men and, hence, there was selective pressure for men to be attracted to young women, but men, being providers of resources are also evolutionarily inzentivized to monopolize women/girls early on for the purpose of [[paternity assurance]]. There are however several caveats to this: | Women age faster than men in the sense that women's peak physical attractiveness to others declines faster than men's.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Women_age_facially_at_2-3_times_the_rate_of_men</ref> A simple explanation for this is that women lose their reproductive ability sooner than men and, hence, there was selective pressure for men to be attracted to young women, but men, being providers of resources are also evolutionarily inzentivized to monopolize women/girls early on for the purpose of [[paternity assurance]]. There are however several caveats to this: | ||
The proverb that ''"women age like milk, men age like wine"'' is, however, largely [[cope]] because older men also have a harder time getting access to young, fertile and attractive women, and men also start to become less physically attractive with age.{{citation needed}} The former is especially true in combination with social norms that prohibit large age differences. | The proverb that ''"women age like milk, men age like wine"'' is, however, largely [[cope]] because older men also have a harder time getting access to young, fertile and attractive women, and men also start to become less physically attractive with age.{{citation needed}} The former is especially true in combination with social norms that prohibit large age differences. | ||