We figured that science was done semi-justifying creepiness when it posited that in cases of yellow fever, the white dude's really the victim. Where the heck you gonna go from there, right? Well, then we found the New Scientist article "Why men should pair off with younger women," which begins "Mick Jagger, Rupert Murdoch and Michael Douglas all have the right idea, evolutionarily speaking." And that's when we realized: man, this shit ain't never gonna end.
Statistics show that monogamous men have the most children if they marry women younger than themselves. How much younger is the key question.
Last year, a study of Swedish census information suggested a 4 to 6-year age gap is best, but new research has found that in some circumstances a surprisingly large gap – 15 years – is the optimum.
Ladies, if you're keeping score at home, the winner of this particular contest is the guy that monopolizes your uterus the most. Hooray for science!