age of innocence
Over on
Salon, Carol Lloyd
is pondering the pairing of women with older men, specifically, a recent study in Sweden which found that when women are 4 to 6 years younger than their male partners, they give birth to more kids. Martin Fieder, an anthropologist at the University of Vienna, speculates that men evolved a preference for younger women because those women have a longer fertility span. Meanwhile, women might give birth to more children when they choose older partners because those guys are more likely to have greater financial resources. But, says Lloyd: "I've always cast a jaundiced eye on our cultural assumptions that men should be older (not to mention taller) than their wives. It seemed just another manifestation of the gender imbalances that coursed through our workplaces, government and educational system. Of course, when in love, all bets are off." (Lloyd married a man 11 years older.)
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- Also, Owen has dropped out of Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder, which starts shooting in two weeks. [Variety]
- Madonna is adopting a second orphan from Malawi: a 13-month-old girl named Mercy. The singer said she wanted a sister for her adopted son, David Banda, "to redress the balance." What about Lourdes? Or does she mean she wants to balance out her family, color-wise? We're confused. [The Sun]
- Britney Spears has hired a private investigator to spy on Kevin Federline. We sooo want to see the files! [Page Six]
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