Brian Collisson和Luciana Ponce De Leon(2018)探讨了对年龄差距关系的偏见,认识到进化理论认为年轻女性应该偏好年龄稍大的男性,反之亦然,以便最大限度地提高生殖健康和获得资源。[ iv]他们指出,较大年龄差距的非典型关系,特别是当女性年龄较大时,被认为违反了这些既定的配偶偏好。
[ii]Cowan, Gloria. "The Double Standard in Age-discrepant Relationships." Sex Roles 11.1 (1984): 17-23.
[iii]Milaine, Alaire. "“They’re the Ones Chasing the Cougar”: Relationship Formation in the Context of Age-Hypogamous Intimate Relationships." Gender & Society 33, no. 3 (2019): 463-85.
[iv]Collisson, Brian. & De Leon, Luciana Ponce. Curr Psychol (2018), 10.1007/s12144-018-9895-6.