A controversial dating coach has said he believes single women should be dating men five to ten years older than them because "men take about ten years longer" to mature.
Jake Maddock, who is himself a married man, says that his experience providing coaching services to thousands of people has shown him relationships in which the woman is older than the man tend not to work.
He attributes his findings to biology, claiming that it's natural for younger women to gravitate towards older men and vice versa.
But while he believes there should be somewhat of an age gap in relationships, he clarifies that five to ten years is perfectly sufficient.
"Men and women mature emotionally at different times. According to experts, men take about ten years longer to become emotionally mature than for a woman," he told Femail.
"An older man is likely to be less commitment phobic and more decisive about where he wants to take the relationship. He will also have a more mature viewpoint when it comes to solving problems and relationship issues," he added.
Jake also went on to say that dating older men will allow the male to develop a "masculine energy" and become the dominant individual in the relationship, which will ultimately make him more attractive.
"He will have made his mistakes and is unlikely to repeat them. He won't play silly games, he chooses you for better reasons and will appreciate you more," he continued.
The dating guru often uses Hollywood relationships as evidence of his theory that relationships between older men and younger women have higher success rates.
"George Clooney was clearly very careful about the women he chose to date. He was still a bachelor at age 52 when he met Amal Alamuddin in 2013. He is seventeen years her senior, which didn't faze either of them," Jake said.
"Jerry Seinfeld married Jessica Sklar in 1999, when he was 45 and she was 28. They are still together," he went on. "Alec Baldwin began dating Hilaria Thomas in 2011, when he was 53 and she was 27. They are still together. Harrison Ford began dating Calista Flockhart in 2002, when he was 60 and she was 38. They are still together."
