Falling for a younger man: Are we finally ditching the age-gap double standard?

When an older woman-younger man relationship happens in real life, does it still elicit sniggers or disapproval or are we finally ditching the age-gap double standard?
Falling for a younger man: Are we finally ditching the age-gap double standard?

Renée Zellweger and Leo Woodall in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) Universal.

In the fourth instalment of the Bridget Jones saga, the now 50-something Bridget falls for someone younger. Far younger.

Widowed and parenting two small kids, she connects with a younger man played by Leo Woodhall (“I’m 28….just kidding, I’m 29”).

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