A study published on Sexual and Relationship Therapy He investigated how the age difference between two partners (straight or homosexual) affects the degree of satisfaction in the couple. The results return a picture with different interesting details, some unexpected, from which a main concept emerges: The oldest partner of the couple is generally the most satisfied, in particular if he is a man.
Satisfaction and well -being. The study involved 126 volunteers who had A relationship with a person of at least seven years younger or older than them; Everyone responded to several questionnaires concerning the relationship and their well -being.
The main discovery was that The heterosexual and homosexual men who came out with younger women or men were generally more satisfied compared to men who accompanied themselves to people more adults than them; This was not valid for women (straight or homosexuals), which were equally satisfied both with a younger partner and with one older one. As for general well -being, however, the study has not found important differences: this means that even if the most adult part of the couple is more satisfied, this does not translate into greater emotional well -being.
Economic sex and stability. As for sexual satisfaction, both men and women declared themselves more satisfied (and it was to be expected) when they had a younger partner than them.
Instead, the results on the perception of economic stability is unexpected: while the girls or boys who came out with older men felt they had an economically more stable relationship than those who accompanied themselves to young men, when the most adult part of the couple was the woman was not like that – neither boys nor the youngest girls felt greater economic stability leaving with older women. Will it be the fault of the genre wage gap?
