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Men mature at approximately age 43, British study confirms
The Province ^ | June 11, 2013

Posted on 06/11/2013 5:11:49 PM PDT by rickmichaels

A British study has identified the age at which men finally grow up -- and it's 43.

That's 11 years later than their female counterparts, according to research commissioned by Nickelodeon UK.

Men demonstrate their immaturity by being amused at farts and burps and playing video games, among other things, said women who participated in the survey.

Not being able to cook simple meals, re-telling the same old stories and jokes when out with the boys, and owning a skateboard or BMX were also high on the list.

Nickelodeon UK released the results in support of its launch of a new program called Wendell and Vinnie, which features a 30-year-old bachelor who suddenly becomes the legal guardian of his precocious 12-year-old nephew.

"As a man, especially one who works for a children's channel, the question if men ever reach maturity is one I am well accustomed to," said Tim Patterson, Nickelodeon's director of programming. "However, as the characters Wendell and Vinnie show in our new program, a difference in maturity between two people definitely makes for an amusing partnership."

Men don't dispute their immaturity. A quarter of the men surveyed described themselves as actively immature, and both mean and women agreed that women mature much, much sooner.

Three in 10 women surveyed said they and ended a relationship because they found a man too immature, and eight in 10 believed men "never stop being childish."

On the bright side, almost one-third of those surveyed believed a little immaturity can be an asset when bonding with children.

The survey found the top five maturity failings among British men to be:

1. Finding humour in their own farts and burps

2. Eating fast food in the wee hours

3. Playing video games

4. Driving too fast or racing other cars

5. Snickering at rude words


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 43; adulthood; anotherstudy; culturewar; feminism; genderwars; males; manhood; maturity; men; savethemales
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To: American Constitutionalist

When fickle gets the upper hand you get projectile fickle masquerading as science. At base, it’s driven by lesbians PO’ed because they have to sit to pee and have a biological clock. Stopped, but they have one.


41 posted on 06/11/2013 5:36:37 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: bigheadfred

42 posted on 06/11/2013 5:36:42 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

At about 1955 - but only as reruns.


43 posted on 06/11/2013 5:37:52 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (We say "low-information" but we mean "low-intelligence")
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To: American Constitutionalist
Maturity comes down to this : owning up and accepting responsibility and being accountable instead of shoving it off on to someone else.

See #17.

44 posted on 06/11/2013 5:38:06 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: rickmichaels

“The survey found the top five maturity failings among British men to be:

1. Finding humour in their own farts and burps

2. Eating fast food in the wee hours

3. Playing video games

4. Driving too fast or racing other cars

5. Snickering at rude words”

Maturity, nothing - this PC butt head’s denigrating normal human life.

Uh... are we allowed to use the word “denigrating” anymore?


45 posted on 06/11/2013 5:38:22 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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To: a fool in paradise

alright i am so in


46 posted on 06/11/2013 5:38:24 PM PDT by bigheadfred (barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: a fool in paradise

47 posted on 06/11/2013 5:40:00 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: oblomov
Doesn’t maturity consist of taking full responsibility for one’s self and accepting the consequences of one’s actions?

That's the male standard of maturity. By that standard, many women never mature. I recall Jack Nicholson's line in "As Good As It Gets", when asked how he write women characters so well: "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability."

48 posted on 06/11/2013 5:42:00 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: rickmichaels

Yeah, tell that to a 33 year old Military guy on station.


49 posted on 06/11/2013 5:42:09 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Viennacon

or rather, lack of maturity.


50 posted on 06/11/2013 5:42:53 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: JoeProBono

He died at 51. Men must mature at an older age in Los Angeles.


51 posted on 06/11/2013 5:44:46 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: rickmichaels
Yes, I know I am going to get much flack over saying this but it must be said.
If anyone has done any research from history this seems to be the same pattern as what the Nazis did to the Jews in the 1930s.
The Nazis claimed that the Jews were subhuman and not worth living.
Noticed some of the views and sayings of the feminist in the past 30 years ?
Some of them say that men are not needed.. Women are morally superior than men.. and now ? Women mature at a early age then men.

Make no mistake about this folks this is all agenda driven by the feminist and the powers that be.
52 posted on 06/11/2013 5:45:03 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: rickmichaels
So women took part in this survey,yes? Well, I guess this survey confirms the old belief that as far as bitching is concerned, women never out grow that!
53 posted on 06/11/2013 5:45:19 PM PDT by nomad
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To: rickmichaels

This sort of stuff is fun fodder for conversation but the “study” was an opinion poll and the “conclusions” are a collection of subjective viewpoints. Neener neener.


54 posted on 06/11/2013 5:47:14 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rickmichaels
Easy to tell hardcore British feminists wrote this survey---

These demure maids awaken filled with ambition every day....
(after dreaming of painting their male countrymen as idiots...)
....So they generate their own copy /research /publicity...

Note to self...

55 posted on 06/11/2013 5:47:43 PM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: andy58-in-nh
I think the same thing can be said about older women who case after youner men,, they call them cougars.
56 posted on 06/11/2013 5:48:04 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Viennacon
> Women can be just as immature as men.
> Look at Barbara Boxer

If I was JimRob, I would give you the "Best Post of the Day" award.

57 posted on 06/11/2013 5:49:29 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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To: andy58-in-nh
At about the same time men stop chasing young women in pursuit of casual sex:

Men are designed to be maximally attracted to healthy, fit women in their prime childbearing years.

58 posted on 06/11/2013 5:51:12 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: a fool in paradise
That's what the bucket list is all about....


59 posted on 06/11/2013 5:54:34 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: workerbee

No actually its not like that, these are good guys. The middle aged divorced women seem to want to make up for what they didnt do after high school.

Sure makes me glad to be married.


60 posted on 06/11/2013 5:54:56 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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