It's in the interests of predatory men to make us believe that younger women are more desirable than older ones purely because of their looks.
In fact, it's also about compliance. Younger women are less likely to tell awful men to go fuck themselves.
It takes time and experience to be able to stand up to terrible men. I still don't think I'm great at it, and I'm nearly 40. When I was 18? No fucking chance.
