Older couple with young girl

Jason Momoa and wife Lisa Bonet made headlines last week when Momoa recalled how he was a "nervous wreck" when he initially asked Bonet out on a date. Momoa was just 26 years old at the time, and approaching Bonet, who is 12 years his senior, was intimidating. Momoa worked up the nerve and the two have been together since. What is it about older women?

A chaperone also spelled chaperon in its original social usage was a person who for propriety's sake accompanied an unmarried girl in public: usually she was an older married woman, and most commonly the girl's own mother. In modern social usage, a chaperon frequent in British spelling or chaperone usual in American spelling is a responsible adult who accompanies and supervises young people. By extension, the word chaperone is used in clinical contexts. The word derives figuratively from the French word chaperon originally from the Late Latin cappa , meaning "cape" which referred to a hood that was worn by individuals generally. An alternative explanation comes from the sport of falconry , where the word meant the hood placed over the head of a bird of prey to stop its desire to fly. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the noun in its figurative sense of escort of females is attested from , and the verb 'to chaperon' from Although the supervision of vulnerable women in public spaces may be common in many cultures, the specific word chaperon began to be used in the eighteenth century to denote a particular social institution, namely, a woman who would accompany a young unmarried woman in public, and especially where she might be expected to meet a man.

Sex tourism has long been a scourge in the Philippines. But now there's a disturbing new trend in the trafficking of mostly young women and children: vulnerable victims are being lured online and tricked into the trade. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports. Next: a disturbing new trend in the trafficking of mostly young women and children into the sex trade.

A "generational clash" between young and older nudists is fuelling growth in nude events, ranging from pop-up dinners in bars and art gallery tours to mini-golf and ten pin bowling. Josh McNicol, the general manager Asia Pacific at Eventbrite, said the number of nude events on the platform had grown per cent across Australia over four years. More than half of the nude events over the past five years have been in NSW.