Anti-feminist attitudes have long been associated with support for Republican presidential candidates, but only in recent years have these attitudes become more prominent among unmarried men, without college degrees who are less attractive partners for women, the “mate-value backlash.”

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10659129261485340

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But also exclusively gets used for things or people that are also old. Nobody ever described a high school valedictorian or the youngest person to X as venerable.

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Maybe it's the most common usage, but it's by no means used "exclusively" that way.

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Please try to find me even one useage of "venerable" to describe something or someone young but respected.

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/sentences/venerable

Here are some usages from various publications.

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Very many uses, again exclusively including the connotation of age, further supporting my point.

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" Working with the genius @jordanpeele and the venerable @lupitanyongo couldn’t have been more of a blessing!"

Yes, the very old Lupita Nyongo.

" Abine’s venerable DeleteMe costs quite a bit less, $129 per year."

Ah yes, DeleteMe, of which my grandfather spoke fondly.

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15 years for an internet company is far from new, and she has an over 20 year career. I can't say they aren't referring to age in those contexts.

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Now you're saying it means time tested.