I broke this up to answer the second part. Younger is preferred. An AARP study revealed the Americans of both sexes preferred younger new partners. Medical studies also show that for males younger expand life. I think that younger basically is preferable especially as an Western man gets past 45. One factor is beauty. The second is how she makes him feel about himself. American women and some men are concerned with his age. That is only if he is not rich or of high social status. High status, fame etc confers Alpha status. Convention does not apply. However,for average earners it is crippling (for both men and women).
However,there is great prejudice against those as witnessed by a trick AARP did last year. They had a young looking woman with a grey haired man on the cover of their magazine. The catch was he was in his 40's she was much older!! There was an outcry. Then they reveled the truth. There is the evil of the supposed to be's. Political correctness reverts us to high school rules. Seniors don't date freshmen!!
Since the legal side is so strict it makes a social conditionate that there should be not much of a gap in ages. Asia does not have such a main rule. (although it too is changing) "older too has a difference I have friends who are a couple he is 75 she is 44. But they are not corporate. Further more he is a artist and merchantwhile she works in a grocery store so no conflict.
As a man I noticed as I got older and having a GF was not such a big deal I became much more aware of beauty,intelligence,style,emotional maturity,education,passion and physicality. Most American women fail in several points so I see no future happiness with them.
I prefer Asian women because of culture as well as beauty. The mannerism of even lower economic Chinese fall into upper middle class
behavior for the US. That was a surprise to me.
Asian (old world Asian women) do not confront but are much tougher than American for all the drama and yelling!! They seek harmony at home not a second battleground.
All give the Asian Woman(from Asia) a decided advantage plus youth and beauty and she is a winner!!!
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