” did you mean that as a general statement or just to bomb? “
Both.
Bomb has the advantage that he is working, and that his personal life situation has (or will) force him to grow up sooner than most young men.
I also feel this way as a general statement. If a bocher of 24 thinks his peer is a 19 year old, we have a major problem in our values system.
If he does not feel capable of looking a woman of his age bracket eye to eye, its because he feels inferior.
And that is his fault.