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The term "Dirty Old Man" has assumed, specifically in the "[[Progressivism|progressive]]" liberal-globalist West, ageist and [[Misandry|misandrist]] connotations, and it is used with bias and double standards and for hateful and toxic propaganda purposes, even against men who aren't to be considered "old".<ref>https://www.achca.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2019&month=09&day=04&id=50:ageism-and-aging</ref><ref>https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/orlandosentinel.com/</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_10</ref>

The term "Dirty Old Man" has assumed, specifically in the "[[Progressivism|progressive]]" liberal-globalist West, ageist and [[Misandry|misandrist]] connotations, and it is used with bias and double standards and for hateful and toxic propaganda purposes, even against men who aren't to be considered "old".<ref>https://www.achca.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2019&month=09&day=04&id=50:ageism-and-aging</ref><ref>https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/orlandosentinel.com/</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_10</ref>

There's also a relatively recent theory supposedly originated in the [[West]] called "Half your age plus seven rule" recognized as bigoted and ageist and without actual valid basis (although it is unsurprisingly supported by the hypocritical "[[woke]]" [[Left]] that is at the same time supporter of actual [[pedophilia]] and grooming of little children in real life),<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/19/big-age-gap-relationship-sex-consent-adults |access-date=2024-01-17</ref><ref>https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/age-gap-relationships</ref><ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/202101/why-people-still-look-down-couples-major-age-differences</ref><ref>https://www.wakemag.org/online/2019/12/9/prejudice-against-age-gap-couples</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691830120X</ref>, a "rule of thumb" to determine whether an age difference is "socially acceptable" that holds that a person should never date someone whose age is less than half their own plus seven years. According to this "rule", a 28-year-old would date no one younger than 21 (half of 28, plus 7) and a 50-year-old would date no one younger than 32 (half of 50, plus 7).

There's also a relatively recent theory supposedly originated in the [[West]] called "Half your age plus seven rule" recognized as bigoted and ageist and without actual valid basis (although it is unsurprisingly supported by the hypocritical "[[woke]]" [[Left]] that is at the same time supporter of actual [[pedophilia]] and grooming of little children in real life),<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/19/big-age-gap-relationship-sex-consent-adults |access-date=2024-01-17</ref><ref>https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/age-gap-relationships</ref><ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/202101/why-people-still-look-down-couples-major-age-differences</ref><ref>https://www.wakemag.org/online/2019/12/9/prejudice-against-age-gap-couples</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691830120X</ref> a "rule of thumb" to determine whether an age difference is "socially acceptable" that holds that a person should never date someone whose age is less than half their own plus seven years. According to this "rule", a 28-year-old would date no one younger than 21 (half of 28, plus 7) and a 50-year-old would date no one younger than 32 (half of 50, plus 7).

Regarding the younger people, instead, calling mid-late adolescents or young adults "barely legal", "children" or "kids" (not counted when the latter two terms are referred to their way of behaving or used as a form of affection and/or confidence, or as the other way to say "son(s)" or "daughter(s)"), despite their clear mental and physical maturity, is a form of ageism and ageist discrimination and disrespect.

Regarding the younger people, instead, calling mid-late adolescents or young adults "barely legal", "children" or "kids" (not counted when the latter two terms are referred to their way of behaving or used as a form of affection and/or confidence, or as the other way to say "son(s)" or "daughter(s)"), despite their clear mental and physical maturity, is a form of ageism and ageist discrimination and disrespect.