I have no data to support this observation but here it is anyway lol
Generally men are like 6-10 years less mature than women in terms of relationship skills . . . I think we might start catching up in our late twenties early thirties . . or maybe we never do
Men generally don't blink an eye at dating women significantly younger than them nor would our male-friends and male-peers be critical (unless we were jealous lol). They would actually tend to be really supportive. A really large age difference might get high-5's (40 versus 20).
Women generally don't date men significantly younger than themselves for whatever reason, and would tend to think the idea "strange". Also their female-peers may think it odd. So they will tend to judge men they don't know by that standard.
As they (women) would think it odd at age 30 to date a 20 year old man, so they think it odd that a 30 year old man would seek to date 20 year old women. Hence he is "creepy" just because he wants hits on the girl versus as OTW said being creepy because he acts like it.
I have noticed that women that grow up in a city or less concerned about the perception as well as women that either didn't go immediately to college or went to a college in a metropolitan area.
Of course I might be very wrong
