Outline-Effects

3.0 The effects of old men marrying young women:              

3.1 Old men can live longer

The first effect of old men marrying young women is older men can live longer. Germany’s Max Plank Institute (2009, as cited in Cheah, 2012) found that men who marry younger women can live longer. The researcher also found that a man’s chances of dying early are cut by a fifth if their bride is between 15 to 17 years younger than them. The risk of premature death is reduced by 11 per cent if they marry a woman seven to nine years younger. Wives with husbands older or younger by between seven and nine years increase their chances of dying early by 20 per cent. This rises to 30 per cent if the age difference is close to 15 and 17 years.

Germany’s Max Plank Institute (2009, as cited in Cheah, 2012) also used to think that marrying a younger women increases life expectancy because of a phenomenon called health selection. They say the figures for men may be the result of natural selection that only the healthiest older men are able to attract younger mates. This means that men who are healthier and more vital for their age are better able to attract younger women to marry them and would have had a greater life expectancy. It is possible that when a man has a younger wife, he gets a mental boost that keeps him happy and healthy. Furthermore, younger people have active life routine that can effect to the older men to join their wife activities. For examples are going to shopping and jogging which are the part of exercises that can lead the old men to have better health condition. This can reduce the risk for the old men to get chronic illness like heart attack.

Drefahl (n.d., as cited in Wardrop, 2009) states "another theory is that the younger women will take care for a man better and therefore he will live longer". Men with a younger wife also benefits from having someone who can take care of him when he is ill and to help nurse him back to health. This is because younger women have better health condition than old women and younger women have more energy to take care her family and husband. Therefore, marrying young women can lengthen the life time of old men.

3.2 Old men will feel proud and confident marrying younger women

The second effect is old men will feel proud and confident when they married to young women. According to “Top Three Reasons Why Older Men Date Younger Women” (2010), old men will feel proud having younger women in their arms. They like to be envied by their friends. Having young women in their arms when they attend social function is like an ego boost that they can still pull the trigger and so on. Old men like the feelings of being envied by other men when they show up in a party with their beautiful young wives. They feel lucky having young, faithful wives, not just for an accessory but ego boost. For older men, recognition is very important.

Moreover, Evette (2009) argued that when old men married young women, they will feel like they become youthful again, even their age is 50 years old. They tend to find young women just like when they younger. According to Bainbridge (2012), “if men get divorce in middle age they do tend to hook up with someone who is younger than their original partner”. This means that old men are choosing young women rather than old one to be their wives. Thus, having a young wife makes them feel proud and confident because their friends will praise them as a hero.

3.3 Old men have the potential to be left by the young women

The third effect is the old men have potential to be left by the younger women. There are differences in the energy levels. According to Evette (2009), “if old men do not keep up with the young women, she might lose interest in him and look for other men. Youngwomen who tolerate old menfor reasons other than love are more interested in their money, assets, power and security. If an old man loses his fortune or health, the young women will leave his side quickly”. 

Nowadays, younger women might stay by old men side because of fortune is to fulfil their desire on having all types of branded thing or limited edition. Other than that, younger women will use money that given by the old men to experience her enjoyable social life. For example, having a party with her close friend, go for clubbing, going for overseas trip and shopping. Younger women may also spend the old men money to help her family financial if she is from poor family. So, if the old men facing problem with financial, younger women will not think twice to leave him.

Bad health condition also is a factor of why the old men might be left by the younger women. At the young age, younger women still want to enjoy their social life and do not want to carry big responsibility. They also do not want to spend their life just to take care of the old men. If the old men health condition getting worse like paralyzed, coma, and stroke, younger woman might stay by the old men side but will give up after sometime.

However, not all young women just think about money or all that. They maybe stay by his side because of love. The old men maybe know how to lure the younger women with his attitude such as caring and romantic. Thus, the old men have to take the risk if they choose to marry young women.