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Two, five, or ten years, what is considered an acceptable age gap between two consenting adults that are dating?
With movies such as “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” “Something’s Got to Give”, and “Siver Linings Playbook,” audiences have been led to believe that romances with significant age gaps are possible and can be successful.
However, society doesn’t seem as accepting of real-life couples. When the age gap is within the double digits, many people question the authenticity of the relationship.
With the differing opinions of which age gap is acceptable and which is not, where should couples draw the line?
How much of an age gap is ok?
A couple’s most acceptable age difference between most heterosexual couples is three years. Yet this age difference tends to be judged more in some instances than others. For example, a 23-year-old dating a 30-year-old with a seven-year difference can raise an eyebrow. However, a 7-year difference between someone that is 45 and 52 doesn’t seem too strange.
For Gen Z, these age gaps seem suspicious, especially when an older man is in a relationship with a significantly younger woman. Many younger people have shared their opinions on social media about the dangers of being taken advantage of by an older partner.
These social stigmas may be why the most recent relationship announcement between Marcus Jordan, age 32, and Larsa Pippen, age 49, has been under recent scrutiny. Their over-17-year age gap has received criticism and mockery from the public. The couple had endured harsh comments, such as Pippen was babysitting Jordan when he was younger.
Even Michael Jordan, Marcus’s father, was questioned if he approved his son’s relationship with an older woman; he was quoted saying a flat-out no.
When Pippen first heard of his disapproval, she said she was embarrassed. Fortunately, Marcus Jackson cleared up rumors by admitting his father was joking and hadn’t taken the criticism seriously.
Yet Jordan and Pippen aren’t the only couples who have found romance across generations.
George Clooney and Amal Clooney have a 17-year age gap and are happily married with twins.
Singer Elton John and filmmaker David Furnish share a 15-year age gap.
The superstar couple, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, have a 10-year age gap.
Julius Tennon and Viola Davis have a thirteen-year age gap and have been married for 20 years.
Even one of the most famous and probably wealthiest couples, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, have a 12-year age gap.
As evident in these couples and others, the age gap doesn’t seem to be a problem for them. What appears to be the case is the age gap is uncomfortable for anyone outside of the relationship.
It begs the question if an age difference is a factor in the success and vitality of a relationship.
How important is an age gap in a relationship?
Many professionals say that number of years isn’t the biggest concern between two adults, but the stages of life are a more influential factor. Every stage of life consists of different goals. For instance, someone in their early 20s might be focused on their career. Someone in their late 40s might be already established in their career and looking to settle down.
Thus, a couple can succeed or fail based on their life stage. If a couple wants similar things for the future, then the couple’s age difference may not come into play.
Furthermore, other factors need to be considered for a lasting relationship. These factors include:
Emotional maturity: Self-control to understand, manage and work with your emotions.
Financial stability: Feeling and being confident in your financial situation.
Educational levels of partners: Relationship success tends to be stronger when both partners have a high education level.
Acceptance of the relationship between family members and friends: Relationships tend to thrive when they have the support and approval of family members and friends.
Secure attachment: When both partners feel confident in who they are and feel they can be themselves around their partner.
Is age really nothing but a number?
Celebrity couples often receive a lot of criticism and disapproval since their relationships are often on display to the general public. However, when it comes to two consenting adults in a relationship, their large gap age has very little to do with the connection two people have for each other.
Couples born a decade or two apart can have many differences, such as listening to different music and having different interests. However, a couple can stay connected through similar goals, values, and future aspirations. With these things inline it can increase the chances of couples staying together.
When a couple’s expectations are inclined, and they use healthy communication, the age difference may not factor into the ins and outs of their relationship.
However, society is often quick to look at one factor and make judgments and jokes. If a younger woman is with an older man, people say she’s only with him for his money. When an older woman is with a younger man, she is accused of “robbing the cradle.”
Although many people may not be comfortable with large age gaps, the only people who should be concerned about a relationship are the people in it.
Two, five, or ten years, what is considered an acceptable age gap between two consenting adults that are dating?
With movies such as “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” “Something’s Got to Give”, and “Siver Linings Playbook,” audiences have been led to believe that romances with significant age gaps are possible and can be successful.
However, society doesn’t seem as accepting of real-life couples. When the age gap is within the double digits, many people question the authenticity of the relationship.
With the differing opinions of which age gap is acceptable and which is not, where should couples draw the line?
How much of an age gap is ok?
A couple’s most acceptable age difference between most heterosexual couples is three years. Yet this age difference tends to be judged more in some instances than others. For example, a 23-year-old dating a 30-year-old with a seven-year difference can raise an eyebrow. However, a 7-year difference between someone that is 45 and 52 doesn’t seem too strange.
For Gen Z, these age gaps seem suspicious, especially when an older man is in a relationship with a significantly younger woman. Many younger people have shared their opinions on social media about the dangers of being taken advantage of by an older partner.
These social stigmas may be why the most recent relationship announcement between Marcus Jordan, age 32, and Larsa Pippen, age 49, has been under recent scrutiny. Their over-17-year age gap has received criticism and mockery from the public. The couple had endured harsh comments, such as Pippen was babysitting Jordan when he was younger.
Even Michael Jordan, Marcus’s father, was questioned if he approved his son’s relationship with an older woman; he was quoted saying a flat-out no.
When Pippen first heard of his disapproval, she said she was embarrassed. Fortunately, Marcus Jackson cleared up rumors by admitting his father was joking and hadn’t taken the criticism seriously.
Yet Jordan and Pippen aren’t the only couples who have found romance across generations.
George Clooney and Amal Clooney have a 17-year age gap and are happily married with twins.
Singer Elton John and filmmaker David Furnish share a 15-year age gap.
The superstar couple, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, have a 10-year age gap.
Julius Tennon and Viola Davis have a thirteen-year age gap and have been married for 20 years.
Even one of the most famous and probably wealthiest couples, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, have a 12-year age gap.
As evident in these couples and others, the age gap doesn’t seem to be a problem for them. What appears to be the case is the age gap is uncomfortable for anyone outside of the relationship.
It begs the question if an age difference is a factor in the success and vitality of a relationship.
How important is an age gap in a relationship?
Many professionals say that number of years isn’t the biggest concern between two adults, but the stages of life are a more influential factor. Every stage of life consists of different goals. For instance, someone in their early 20s might be focused on their career. Someone in their late 40s might be already established in their career and looking to settle down.
Thus, a couple can succeed or fail based on their life stage. If a couple wants similar things for the future, then the couple’s age difference may not come into play.
Furthermore, other factors need to be considered for a lasting relationship. These factors include:
Emotional maturity: Self-control to understand, manage and work with your emotions.
Financial stability: Feeling and being confident in your financial situation.
Educational levels of partners: Relationship success tends to be stronger when both partners have a high education level.
Acceptance of the relationship between family members and friends: Relationships tend to thrive when they have the support and approval of family members and friends.
Secure attachment: When both partners feel confident in who they are and feel they can be themselves around their partner.
Is age really nothing but a number?
Celebrity couples often receive a lot of criticism and disapproval since their relationships are often on display to the general public. However, when it comes to two consenting adults in a relationship, their large gap age has very little to do with the connection two people have for each other.
Couples born a decade or two apart can have many differences, such as listening to different music and having different interests. However, a couple can stay connected through similar goals, values, and future aspirations. With these things inline it can increase the chances of couples staying together.
When a couple’s expectations are inclined, and they use healthy communication, the age difference may not factor into the ins and outs of their relationship.
However, society is often quick to look at one factor and make judgments and jokes. If a younger woman is with an older man, people say she’s only with him for his money. When an older woman is with a younger man, she is accused of “robbing the cradle.”
Although many people may not be comfortable with large age gaps, the only people who should be concerned about a relationship are the people in it.
“So you are responsible for all of this?”
“Yeah.”
Secret Invasion‘s latest episode finally revealed the full extent of Gravik’s plan. He doesn’t just want to create Super Skrulls, he wants to become the most powerful being in the galaxy. The Harvest, a special serum made of superhero DNA, would allow him to gain the abilities of every Avenger who fought Thanos in the Battle of Earth, even Carol Danvers. But while it’s not shocking Gravik would seek out the Harvest, what is surprising is who created something so dangerous: Nick Fury.
Why would someone dedicated to protecting the world create the very thing that might destroy it? The world’s greatest spy had good intentions, but he made the same mistake the MCU’s heroes and villains alike always do.
What Does Gravik Want on Secret Invasion?
The combined powers of Groot, Cull Obsidian, a frost beast, and Extremis are not enough to defeat Earth’s mightiest heroes. Nick Fury’s close friend Captain Marvel could destroy that version of Gravik with minimum effort. If Skrulls can’t beat the Avengers they can’t conquer the world even if they manage to incite World War III between humans. To truly stand toe-to-toe with the Avengers and make Earth theirs, the Skrull general requires far more superpowers. To get what he needs he must find the Harvest.
What Is the Harvest on Secret Invasion?
The Harvest is a secret vial with the ability to create a being so powerful it might make them all but invincible. It contains the DNA of every single Avenger who fought in the Battle of Earth at the conclusion of Endgame. Everyone from Steve Rogers and Thor Odinson, to Wanda Maximoff and Bruce Banner, bled while fighting Thanos’ army. After the victory Nick Fury had the idea to send in Skrull collectors to take their blood from the battlefield. They then harvested all of the blood for super DNA and combined the genetic material into one concoction. (Hence the name “the Harvest.”)
The only people who knew about this work and the resulting serum were those who took the blood and the person who organized the project. And because that organizer was Nick Fury, the collectors were Skrulls disguised as humans. That included Gravik, the collectors’ leader.
Why Is Nick Fury Responsible for Gravik’s Plan on Secret Invasion?
The Harvest put humanity in danger because it led Gravik to hatch his plan. Nick Fury told Sonya Falsworth the very existence of that super vial likely gave Gravik the idea for his Super Skrull Machine. Without superpowers Gravik would never be able to defeat the Avengers and therefore never be able to make Earth the New Skrullos. Nick Fury gave him the means to do just that
If the spy hadn’t been smart enough to hide it from everyone Gravik would already have it.
Why Did Nick Fury Create the Harvest?
The Battle of Earth took place five years after Thanos dusted away half the universe. Nick Fury was among those who vanished. When he came back he was not the same man he’d been before, and it’s no mystery why the Snap seemingly broke him. His life’s work was protecting Earth. Fury was the one who came up with the Avengers Initiative. It was an incredible “idea” he’d successfully put into practice. But in the world’s greatest moment of need the Avengers weren’t there to save it. Nick Fury blamed himself. He believed he failed Earth and everyone on it, humans and Skrull alike.
Did he want the Harvest to create even more heroes? Was it meant to serve as a super backup in case Earth’s mightiest heroes vanished again or needed backup themselves? Both reasons likely motivated Fury, along with a bunch more we can’t even imagine. (This is the spy of all spies, after all. He’s always many moves ahead of everyone.) What we do know is that benevolent intentions or not, the very existence of the Harvest is yet another example of MCU heroes refusing to understand you can’t put a suit of armor around the world anymore than you can rely on the Avengers to always save it.
Order and Chaos in the MCU
Nick Fury created the Harvest for the same reason Tony Stark created Ultron. It’s the same reason He Who Remains created the TVA and Alexander Pierce joined HYDRA. All of them, heroes and villains alike, can’t see the undeniable truth Vision recognized long ago, that order and chaos are the same thing. Each thought it was possible to keep everyone on Earth safe by brute strength and control. But the natural order of life is chaos. To try and control chaos you unleash it.
In his desperate attempt to make sure he never failed Earth again, Nick Fury repeated the same mistake countless others have in the MCU. It’s an idea that remains at the forefront of the franchise. But Fury at least seems to understand what he’s done. It’s why he came back and why he must fight this war alone.
Why Won’t Nick Fury Call the Avengers to Help on Secret Invasion?
Once Secret Invasion‘s penultimate episode introduced the Harvest it could have easily explained Nick Fury’s reluctance to call on the Avengers. Between a Skrull replacing Rhodey and the way Gravik can use super blood to make himself more powerful, there are two very logical reasons for Fury not to call in his most powerful allies.
Instead Fury provided a far better reason. It’s not that this battle is just personal for him because of his role in making it possible. It’s personal for humanity. He now recognizes mankind cannot simply rely on a few super people to “swoop in and save our asses” every time the world is in danger. He tried that once and it didn’t work. A suit of armor, in any form or secret serum, isn’t protection. It puts everyone at risk.
People must instead find the strength to save themselves when the time comes. It took a lifetime for Nick Fury to appreciate how true that is. It’s why he alone can save humans and Skrulls from Gravik. The Avengers haven’t lived the life Nick Fury has and they can’t defend the world the way he can.
Mikey Walsh is a staff writer at Nerdist. You can follow him on Twitter at @burgermike. And also anywhere someone is ranking the Targaryen kings.
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