I’m guessing he looks in the mirror and sees an idealized version of himself. Half your age plus seven, indeed. What these guys do t tell you is that once they marry the twenty year old desirable they’re out again in ten years looking for their next twenty yr old. Look at Rush Limbaugh—love him to death but once one of his wives gets near to forty he’s back shopping for another gal under thirty! It’s not the age difference that appeal to these hopeless guys, it’s the age!
Polygyny would end much of that.
The vast majority of cultures throughout history have approved of powerful men having multiple wives, which is something that men and women have evolved to accept.
And why not? It is a fit adaptation: the women get to have babies that benefit from the genes of their successful husband, while society as a whole makes up for the numbers of male warriors slain in battle, thereby remaining a strong society.
The proclivity to such behavior is in our genes, and if a society attempts to suppress polygyny, then you end up with our sad state of affairs: men who cheat on their wives with mistresses on the side, or who engage in serial polygyny by having one wife at a time, one after the other.
But back to Rush: it is nonetheless possible that he's had so many divorces because he can afford to. In our culture it's hard to find a younger woman who hasn't been brainwashed, the effects of which can come out after marriage.
It's possible that Rush might be happy with one wife, if he could find the right one.
You are right, Mamzelle. Either they marry a person to be their mate and mother of their children or they marry an age. At a certain point, (unlike Rush) the man better have a ton of money to stand on to appear desirable. What 20 year old is going to be interested in a forty year old unless he can provide like a king?