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This is probably going to come across as stereotyping in some way but it's not intended. I am just wondering if anyone else has noticed a pattern with male and female attitudes toward relationships changing as people age. Specifically, it seems like when I was @20 women were generally sexually conservative and primarily interested in emotional bonding/relationships (what some would call "clingy"). Now, @10 years later, it seems as though women mature into the self-confident ones who want space and dislike "clingy" emotional-relationship oriented men, who may also be seen as "controlling."
Is this a general pattern that others have observed too? If so, could this be due to (heterosexuals) learning about the patterns of the other gender and adapting to it during their 20s? Could it be purely a result of male libido peaking early while female libido supposedly rises slowly and peaks @30-40? These are vague hypotheses and I'm not even sure this is a widespread pattern. Has anyone noticed this or something similar?
Is this a general pattern that others have observed too? If so, could this be due to (heterosexuals) learning about the patterns of the other gender and adapting to it during their 20s? Could it be purely a result of male libido peaking early while female libido supposedly rises slowly and peaks @30-40? These are vague hypotheses and I'm not even sure this is a widespread pattern. Has anyone noticed this or something similar?