Why is age discrimination acceptable between sexes?
826076
It is nobody's business.  And if some people are ill-mannered enough to give their unsolicited opinion, where is it written that you have to listen to them?
1175863
Well, it seems that we are a youth oriented culture. If you are not young then you are seen as a less worth person. If you say your real age and it's greater than 25, they we think you are on the down hill side of life. So telling someone their age is in a little way saying the you are becoming less of value. \n\n This is true for both men and women. But for women it even becomes a more critical issue since 'we' find a women's value, in part, in her beauty and beauty belongs to the young. If you have to say that you are over the age of 25, you begin to say you have lost your beauty and are becoming a less valued person. if you don't believe me look at the crazy number of beauty products for sale and tell me why.\n\nIt's a sad thing since we all are getting older.\n\n"If aging is not your problem it will be." Bottom warn by an older person.
649304
Im not sure what peoples concern is with "proper" anything. As long as the male and female are consenting adults I think you should be more concerned with compatibility than with age difference.
735416
There are a lot of female staff in the public sector. Not only can they retire at sixty, they get their pensions at sixty, and obviously don't have to pay contributions until they are sixty five like the men. That applies both to the employers pension and the state pension. They then have the audacity to live about seven years longer than men. Many men and women have been allowed to retire before sixty (particularly in education) and collect their employers pension. They would then collect their state pension as set out above. \n\nI have described above the additional benefits, particularly for women, but the reason they will not have to retire at sixty eight is because the government caved in to the public sector unions. Too many votes at stake.
1037263
I answered another question earlier regarding this same topic and it's really getting old hearing others criticize this whole age difference issue between men and women today. If two people are of legal age and mature enough to make competent decisions about other matters in life then this too is their right and others should either accept it and be happy for them or STFU! \nPersonally I think the ones who criticize and bytch the most are the ones that are always using the media and social hype of sexual perversion as their foundation for opposing this age difference. In reality, I suspect they're actually the perverted ones which is why they see a perversion in it in the first place. \nBe happy together and if others can't be happy for you then put them out of your lives.
546482
for the same reason that guys discriminate against fat females.
906498
The legislature has made it unlawful and the courts have backed it up.  It helps discourage age discrimination.
1048403
25 for male and 20 for female
321637
To a certain extent they are.  Men and women can apply for the same jobs, whether as a secretary or a CEO.\nBut the lines are still firmly drawn in other areas.  A girl is still "easy" if she sleeps with someone, and a boy is just being a boy.\nIf you watch 3-5 year old children you will still see boys playing with action figures and trucks while girls still play with dolls.\nThe opportunities for women are expanding every day, but, there are still many drawbacks.\nA working mother still doesn't love her children enough, but a man is supporting his family.\nThe gender bias is still there, but fading.\nMore and more men are deciding to be stay at home dads.  Some are still ridiculed, but it is easing.\nMost of the problem would go away if people could just go for what they do best without being looked at askance.  \nIf you look at the long run, you will see we've come a long way from the 50's and 60's.  We have come out of the dark ages, but we still need to move into the Renaisance.
795049
Not at all. Younger workers cop discrimination as well. It could be due to their appearance (tattoos/piercings/hair colour etc). It could also be that an employer doesn't think that younger generations will stick around & wind up costing them extra in the future with employee seeking costs etc. Some employers might think that younger people fool around too much & in the end will be a liability with compensation & or law suits. Younger females might be discriminated against because the employer thinks they will leave th company to start a family or have an unplanned pregnancy. Thats all I can think of for now, if I come up with more, I'll be back :o)
815332
I owned my own ad agency and can speak from experience. The purpose of advertising is to target a demographic market that includes various factors such as race, age, gender, religion, geography and culture. If that is a definition of discrimination, so be it. They must exclude those not apt to purchase the product or service and therefore do not cater to everyone. It is an exercise in filling a need for certain groups and not showing bias against others.
589506
Nothing wrong with it if the 2 people concerned are over 18 and want to. :)
940939
It allows both sex to socialize and communicate with each other because in real life situations people work, commute and interact together. There is really no point in separating the sexes just to avoid distractions. I went to all an All girls catholic high school and I didn't see how it helped me or anyone for that matter. Infact, it made some of the girls seem desperate when they saw a guy or started dating. Even a young male teacher created all kinds of issues with girls who had no brothers or male figures at home. I can only assume that the same applies for boys.
398717
Because, with age, women gain experience, as well as anyone, and it's the thrill of going out with someone older...Why are you asking this? lol
248458
Ability to rule has nothing to do with gender.  The problem is that the ability to win has a lot to do with gender.
506010
I really do not see the harm for either sex provided that both are in close age proximaty. If an 18 year old and a 16 year old want to screw I see no groups for statuatory rape at all. Why is it that 18 is the magic number for most things, and 21 is the magic number for other (drinking), and a judge can determine to prosecute someone as an adult at nearly any age ? I think that the drinking age needs to come down to 18, and if we are going to define 18 as an adult, then 18 is an adult WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.
1071803
The funny thing is that cultures and countries have been inventing laws about what age is old enough to have sex and what isn't, and who it's okay for people to have sex with and who it isn't for thousands of years, and it really has had little or no effect on what people do.  people do what they want to do.  the only laws regarding sex that serve any purpose are those governing predatory behaviour; if two fourteen year olds have sex it's hard to see how that can be a crime (misguided perhaps, but a criminal offense?), but if a 30-year-old has sex with a 15-year-old, that's just predatory.