As women get older it makes sense that they younger, more attractive gents will catch their eye.
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It used to be a taboo for a woman to date a younger man, despite men dating younger women, but now that has changed with many men wanting to find a cougar for themselves.
Sean Wood, Communications Director at Cupid Plc who conducted the research from BeNaughty.com, says, “In today’s dating world, age is really just a number.
“It has always been readily accepted when men date younger women, so why should it be any different the other way round?”
Surprisingly, 84 per cent of women feel that it’s perfectly acceptable for women to date younger men if they so please.
To add to that, nearly six in ten women said that they themselves find younger men attractive and this was seen especially in women over 50.
Over eight in ten men said that they find the older woman attractive and would have no problem with dating one.
Over two thirds even admitting that they would be just as happy to fantasise about dating an older woman!
When it gets down to it, 65 per cent of women said they would love to have a fling with a younger man, and just over half of women said they would quite happily marry someone younger than them.
One of the biggest surprises throughout the survey is that men seem to find a bigger age gap more attractive.
Nearly half would date a woman over ten years older than themselves and a third said they would date someone over five years older than themselves.
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