Do men really prefer younger women?

[Que]

that "something helpful" has GOT to be from an ad for some sort of snake oil to cure a non-existent problem.

I Lol'ed at the "new car smell" line, though.

 

[Glycerinelimits]

I prefer grown up women which usually means women over 35 with life experience. That doesn't mean all women under 35 aren't grown as there are always a few exceptions walking around. What's in her heart and mind and then go from there.

 

[Noor]

If we could have the mind of the say '45' year old on the body of a tight 23 year old then yeah.

Come to think of it, don't most older couples get bored? They should create a procedure to swap brains. All the woman or men that want to have an older head; trade brains with someone who longs for a more young and active mind.

Could it be done.

It is an interesting assumption that younger minds are active. The most active minds I have known have been over the age of 40.

 

[firstclassmale]

Much more content with older women but I love the beauty of a younger woman.no way to explain that lol.

 

[Lancecastor]

Women also prefer younger women.

Otherwise the magic skin cream business would not be a gigabillion dollar industry.

 

[subdued_passion]

Women also prefer younger women.

Otherwise the magic skin cream business would not be a gigabillion dollar industry.

Speaking for myself, I prefer older men but younger women for similar reasons. Mainly, they listen. Experience teaches older men how to (atleast pretend to) listen. With younger women, inexperience usually also means lack of confidence and an eagerness to learn. I don't have to deal with constant interruptions from someone trying to prove something to me.

 

[Lancecastor]

Speaking for myself, I prefer older men but younger women for similar reasons. Mainly, they listen. Experience teaches older men how to (atleast pretend to) listen. Inexperience usually also means lack of confidence and an eagerness to learn. I don't have to deal with constant interruptions from someone trying to prove something to me.

It's easier ( I think) to get older as a man than a woman.

Plus, the pool of "younger women" keeps expanding.

 

[subdued_passion]

It's easier ( I think) to get older as a man than a woman.

Plus, the pool of "younger women" keeps expanding.

Easier, how?

If you're talking just in terms of getting laid I don't think age makes a difference to a women.

Health, career, in terms of everything other than finding a spouse, I think it becomes easier and better for women as they get older as compared to men in the same age group.

 

[Lancecastor]

Easier in a myriad of ways...name it.

Life is easier on young women and older men...always has been.

I'm not saying that's the way it should be, but it is.

 

[BiTodd]

Age is not my concern.

 

[subdued_passion]

Easier in a myriad of ways...name it.

Life is easier on young women and older men...always has been.

I'm not saying that's the way it should be, but it is.

I'm still wondering about what way other than trying to get married does it become easier for men with age than it does for women.

Women tend to grow more confident and certain of themselves with age. In terms of health and fitness, they fare better than men their age. In terms of career- people finally start taking them seriously and they start getting considered for roles requiring greater responsibilities and commitment.


Ah, I just realised you're comparing how much easier it is for younger women vs older women. When you earlier said it was easier for older men than it is for women, I naturally thought you were making comparisons between those two.

 

[Lancecastor]

There is a shift going on for women over 40 in Canada, but only for those with senior executive careers, a fairly small demographic slice.

 

[Laurel]

Women also prefer younger women.

Otherwise the magic skin cream business would not be a gigabillion dollar industry.

Weirdest offbase logic jump you've made yet. And you've made many.

 

[Lancecastor]

Weirdest offbase logic jump you've made yet. And you've made many.

(-:

Yes, I good twist....but it's also true....women are at least as dim as men when it comes to the youth-vanity complex.

 

[Laurel]

Lance Logic: Judging by the sales of hair regenerating products, older men have huge raging boners for younger men.

OR it could be that everybody likes to look their best.

Looking youthful is not the same as wanting to be young.

That is, there's a difference between the man who likes a good-looking woman (who are often, but not always, younger - plenty of overweight/unattractive 18-year-olds out there) and the man who actively and routinely pursues women young/naive enough to be unaware of his lack of prowess/maturity.

 

[ElwoodB]

Most of the women I find / have found attractive have all turned out to be close to my age or older.

 

[Lancecastor]

Looking youthful is not the same as wanting to be young.

No? If not, they are BFF's.

 

[Laurel]

Mother's uncle's second cousins.

 

[Lancecastor]

That would be great, though the facts say otherwise.

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2013-05-30-CouponCabinAgingInfographicFINAL.png

 

[Laurel]

Neat - and extremely large - infographic, but doesn't really disprove the idea that wanting to appear to look your best is the same as wanting to be younger.

 

[Lancecastor]

Neat - and extremely large - infographic, but doesn't really disprove the idea that wanting to appear to look your best is the same as wanting to be younger.

Lovely little sleight of syntax there, swapping young for looking your best!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I'm still wondering about what way other than trying to get married does it become easier for men with age than it does for women.

Women tend to grow more confident and certain of themselves with age. In terms of health and fitness, they fare better than men their age. In terms of career- people finally start taking them seriously and they start getting considered for roles requiring greater responsibilities and commitment.


Ah, I just realised you're comparing how much easier it is for younger women vs older women. When you earlier said it was easier for older men than it is for women, I naturally thought you were making comparisons between those two.

Naaah. My wife looks fit but is eat up with diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, etc. She exercises, takes meds, goes to her MD as required, eats right, etc.

I do none of the above and am healthy as an ox tho I'm blind. I refuse to see an MD.

 

[Laurel]

Lovely little sleight of syntax there, swapping young for looking your best!

Potaytoe, potahtoe. I mean, a fifty-year-old woman who does procedures and proper skincare and exercise and all that - she doesn't look like her 18-year-old self, right? No one at 40 looks 18, no matter how good they look. And that's actually fine. Being female and having women friends and discussing these things with them here and there, I can say that I don't think anyone our age thinks they're going to look 18, ever. The aim is to look good.

A 40-year-old woman's makeup is (or should be) different than an 18-year-old's. Were Meryl Streep trying to look 18, she'd have pink & blue chalked hair, bubblegum lipstick, and wear whatever's super-trendy. She doesn't do these things - she dresses and makes herself up in an age-appropriate way. As does George Clooney. That's why they look good.

When you see women who are trying to "look young" by wearing uber-trendy clothes from youth-oriented boutiques and doing their hair & makeup like teenagers, it generally looks bad. It doesn't make them look younger at all.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

No one gets outta life alive.

 

[Lancecastor]

Potaytoe, potahtoe. I mean, a fifty-year-old woman who does procedures and proper skincare and exercise and all that - she doesn't look like her 18-year-old self, right? No one at 40 looks 18, no matter how good they look. And that's actually fine. Being female and having women friends and discussing these things with them here and there, I can say that I don't think anyone our age thinks they're going to look 18, ever. The aim is to look good.

A 40-year-old woman's makeup is (or should be) different than an 18-year-old's. Were Meryl Streep trying to look 18, she'd have pink & blue chalked hair, bubblegum lipstick, and wear whatever's super-trendy. She doesn't do these things - she dresses and makes herself up in an age-appropriate way. As does George Clooney. That's why they look good.

When you see women who are trying to "look young" by wearing uber-trendy clothes from youth-oriented boutiques and doing their hair & makeup like teenagers, it generally looks bad. It doesn't make them look younger at all.

Looking youthful means trying to look younger...to look young.

It's the nature of the beast. Why split grey hairs with words?

Agreed, some go about looking "youthful" in a way that You find more tasteful, acceptable, stylish...whatever. Me too.

But the core issue...women trying to look younger than they are...is very real, regardless of your gymnastics.

And men enjoy women looking young, so thank you for your ongoing efforts in this regard!