Clearly, it's a day for distasteful sex stories:
The white beaches of the Indian Ocean coast stretched before the friends as they both walked arm-in-arm with young African men, Allie resting her white haired-head on the shoulder of her companion, a six-foot-four 23-year-old from the Maasai tribe.The women in this story are 64 and 56.He wore new sunglasses he said were a gift from her.
"We both get something we want -- where's the negative?" Allie asked in a bar later, nursing a strong, golden cocktail.
She was still wearing her bikini top, having just pulled on a pair of jeans and a necklace of traditional African beads.
Bethan sipped the same local drink: a powerful mix of honey, fresh limes and vodka known locally as "Dawa," or "medicine."
She kept one eye on her date -- a 20-year-old playing pool, a red bandana tying back dreadlocks and new-looking sports shoes on his feet.
He looked up and came to join her at the table, kissing her, then collecting more coins for the pool game.
Hi Steve,
ReplyDeleteis it criminal in your mind that these women seeking affection from young men are 64 and 56? Just curious if you could amplify your reasoning.
It's not criminal, just icky! Most people find it creepy when 60-ish men go to a poor country to find a lover/wife 40 years younger than them. It has an air of exploitation around it, surely, if the older one is considerably richer than the younger one.
ReplyDeleteI could make out an argument that it is, however, at least logical from a biological/evolutionary point of view for older men to start finding younger, fertile women particularly attractive. But when it is older women and young men, even that quasi-justification (which I don't take as a real answer to the economic exploitation issue anyway) does not apply.