Fox News: Women Older Than 40 Seek Younger Dates
 

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Survey: Women Older Than 40 Seek Younger Dates

Monday, September 29, 2003



NEW YORK ? Demi Moore (search) is not alone. Close to a third of unmarried American women in their 40s through 60s who date are going out with younger men, according to one of the most sweeping surveys ever conducted on the dating habits and sex lives of mid-life singles (search).

Sex on a first date? Only 2 percent of single women in the age group approved, while 20 percent of the men were amenable. Frequency of sex? Sixty percent of the women and 45 percent of the men said they hadn't had any in the past six months.

The survey, sampling the views of 1,407 men and 2,094 women aged 40 to 69, is being released Monday in the new edition of AARP The Magazine, the flagship publication of the nation's biggest advocacy group for Americans over 50.

The magazine has conducted large-scale surveys before, said editor Steve Slon, but never specifically targeting singles.

"Usually when people talk about singles, it's about people in their 20s and 30s," he said.

According to the survey, 60 percent of singles aged 40-69 are women, a majority of them divorced. Forty-two percent of the men and 24 percent of the women had never been married.

Among the hundreds of findings in the survey, Slon said he was most surprised by the large portion of women who reported dating younger men ? a trend recently glamorized by 40-year-old Demi Moore's romance with actor Ashton Kutcher (search), 15 years her junior.

"There seems to be no stigma now for dating men a few years younger," Slon said. "Twenty years ago, women didn't have the jobs. Today they have the jobs, they have the money, they can call the shots."

Among the men, 66 percent said they were dating younger women.

For both men and women, the top reason for dating was to find fun and companionship. Only 11 percent of the men and 2 percent of the women cited sex as the main motive; only 10 percent of men and 7 percent of women cited marriage as the No. 1 goal.

"That reflects a very different mind-set from the past," Slon said of the relatively low yearning for marriage. "It reflects a comfort with oneself, a reluctance to get too entangled with someone else."

Other notable findings:

-- About 60 percent of the men felt they didn't have sex often enough, while 35 percent of the women felt that way.

-- More than twice as many men as women ? 46 percent to 21 percent ? said they had sexual relations with more than one person during the same time period.

Nearly 30 percent of the singles reported difficulty finding dates, and said they would be delighted to start a romance if they could find the right person. Slon said the survey indicated that many singles in the age bracket were attending mixers and using online dating services.

His magazine is trying to encourage that trend with some new dating-related features on its Web site, including an interactive area aimed at helping people compose personal ads. A message-board section will offer tips for a successful first date, as well as some first-date horror stories.

In their introduction, the survey's authors said many of the trends were linked to the increased prevalence of divorce ? a phenomenon which means the ranks of mid-life singles are no longer dominated by widows and those who never married.

"These changes in attitudes coincide with the aging of the baby boomers, the generation that first adopted liberalized sexual attitudes en masse," the survey said. "This is the same generation that became more accepting of divorce and changed the perception of older unmarried women from being 'old maids' to emancipated feminists."

The survey was conducted for the magazine in June by Knowledge Networks Inc. Its margin of error, for questions asked of the entire sampling, was 2.4 percentage points, and slightly higher for questions directed at subgroups.

so you're over 40? and if so, you want to date a young black stud like myself?

almost 32 but dont think I look it

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Women reach their sexual peak in their mid to upper 30's, men in their mid to upper teens.

You do the math.

BTW, I'm almost 42. :thumbsup

HUBBAAAA HUBAAAAAA

i don't think it's just about sexual peak... after i hit 35, the men my age were becoming stodgy and boring. seems like guys i've known for years got conservative, they only like bands who were around when they were young, and they hate partying and loud music. they worry about their job, their hairlines, and they treat women less like people. no fun at all.

those were the main reasons i ended up with younger men when i was dating. you don't have to fuck someone on a date, but you DO have to spend time with them! might as well have fun.

my fiance is 11 years younger than i am, and he always ended up with older women 'cause he's a serious sort of guy. we both like new bands, and loud music, and i can't imagine anyone my age going to immolation when they played here.

I have noticed that when i hit the 30 and over nights at the clubs the women look at me like I am prime meat ready to be gobbled

Oh my....
Are you single?
Are you ever planning on getting married?
Do you like/want kids?
Do you like boats?
Could you live in Miami? (on the water)
Are you adaptable? (can you have fun/be relaxed in a wide variety of enviorments?[fine resturants to dive bars])

(I'm hoping you answer yes to all of the above (fingers crossed)

Damb i thought i was a horndog ruff ruff

who dat? your alter ego?

Hush! this had nothing to do with horndogginess

I need a sugar Momma

I need a PARTNER!

:Graucho

Duh, just like older men look for younger dates! It is natural!

jDoG

:zzwhip

Yeah, it said the number of older men dating younger women was also increasing.

wow...I was just bullshittin but now i'm serious....I don't know why I always pictured you as a super thin short haired sandy blonde....and I didn't expect you to be as cute as that..

I might have to claim that ass

Older guys want younger girls...
Older women want younger guys...

Younger girls want older guys...
Younger guys want younger girls..

:helpme

I tried dating older men after my divorce. But I had more fun with the ones 10 years or so younger than me. I am 38 and my partner now is 31. He is the mature one and I am a brat. :winkwink:

and I'm 32 and I would NEVER date a woman that is a lot older than me....why would I when there are so many young tenders out there?

it's the reality...anywhere you would see older women or man dating younger guys or girls...

Did I mention I dig mature female webmasters from the northwestern United States?

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Is her neck broken or in a brace?

yummy
I'm younger
take me please take me :Graucho