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Explain Like I'm Five
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It's still seen as weird most of the time.
But to the extend that there is a difference, it's due to the general power imbalance between genders in our still pretty patriarchalic societies. And gender norms and gender stereotypes, people have a set idea of what men and women are like and "old woman takes advantage of young man" doesn't really fit into that; consider how hard it is for men who have been raped to get justice, especially if the offender is a woman.