As men get older, they also get creepier because their minds degrade into a pre-dementia state. They’re not as sharp as they used to be, giving them less self awareness. They’re a few years away from death and their inhibitions are starting to fade, making them more prone to exhibit their inherent toxic behavior without worrying about consequences. They can’t hear anymore, making them feel like they’re more alone and desperate in the world and contributing to their lack of self-awareness.
Some of them turn to incestuous pedophilia if they’re left alone with family members or other young girls who they can target more easily. Others engage in grooming behavior with young women who are technically of legal age but still wayyy too young and are manipulated through money or elder privilege. The truly demented (like with literal dementia) end up in nursing homes where they’re free to grope as many nurses as they want and trick other nutjobs into “consenting” to have sex with them, thus the high STD rates. Possibly the least-horrible of the old men are the ones who take creepshots of young women as shown here, completely unaware of their surroundings and not caring about the feelings of their victims or any other consequences.
I’d say maybe 10-15% of old men in my experience are decent people, but that might be pushing it. Once they get over 70 they’re like always-drunk versions of their former selves and a threat to women everywhere they’re present. I don’t really know what the solution to the elderly problem is, maybe it’s drugs to prevent what’s making them crazy, maybe The Giver had some good ideas.
I do feel bad that this poor girl’s butt has been shared all over the internet, but I think as long as it’s exposing the problems with eldermasculinity, this photo is doing more good than harm overall.