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That sounds like generalizing from one example to me. The fact that only in a small minority (my guesstimate would be at around 15%) of heterosexual long-term relationships is the woman older than the man (at least where I am) suggests otherwise.
I think all of us commenting have different age ranges in our heads for 'older men' and 'younger women'. Anyhow the OP as far as I understand talks about very young women - 'girls who have recently exited puberty', and the discussion in the comments talking about 'power' and 'stature' seems to suggest men who are already fairly well established in their careers - at least the early thirties?
That's anywhere from a 15-20 year age gap. Not a whole lot more common than older woman-younger men pairings.
I am speaking from my experiences with girls my age. At no point did I claim that the majority of heterosexual long-term relationships are made up of older women and younger men.