Older Women/Younger Men: An Analysis of the ‘woman-older’ Trend in Babygirl, The Idea of You and A Family Affair

People generally tend to be more disapproving of age-gap relationships among older women and younger men than older men and younger women. In recent times, there have been researches done in case of younger women and older men but not much light has been shed in case of women- older relationships. It has rather been limited or outdated. This double standard has been portrayed in movies with older women dating younger men as being happy and satisfied compared to other women who dates age proportionately. This power dynamics has been narrated as a pathway to substantial equality, with women feeling empowered in achieving a physical as well as an emotional gratification and contentment. Analysing the movies Babygirl and The Idea of You, the directors have tried to normalise this trend and the sexual dynamics and power involved in such a relationship.