Men in your 50s, do you find women in their 50s attractive?

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Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

I am a guy and I agree with you. I think it's not only unfair but ignorant to compare how men and women age. Men have a massive advantage, it's called testosterone. Even with low T men into late 50s early 60s have an advantage when they work out eat healthy etc. Women on the other hand as they loose estrogen their body, voice, skin, etc go through changes some of which are quite profound. But that's because we are comparing them to their younger versions.

[Anonymous]

51 year old woman here who gets hit on pretty regularly by 30-35 year old guys and gals. I don’t look like a model at all (162 lbs, 5’5”) but I am fit, take care of my skin, laugh a lot and highlight my hair. People usually think I’m in my mid-30s.

To me, it’s all about the energy someone exudes. You can be attractive at 25 or 105 if you have a laid back, positive, kind energy. At this stage in my life, women in their 40s/50s far more interesting to me because they have experienced life, globally are progressing humankind forward and caring for communities. Most guys in their 50+ I have encountered/observed are whiny, depressed and narcissistic. Doesn’t matter how many WODs and cold plunge/infrareds you do - if you are only focused on bio hacking yourself, it’s totally unattractive.

BTW: I do think Tim Walz and Joe Biden are attractive because they exude kind and compassionate energy (without the creepy yoga dude vibe).

Take care and be well all!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

Maybe you have a point, but that's not the entirety of it. A man can go on TRT and maintain the muscle mass and physique they had as a 25 year old. A woman who's gone through a couple of pregnancies and menopause is just never going to get their body back. She can starve, cardio, and ozempic the hell out of herself until shes skinny but those nice curves that scream reproductive health to the man's brain are gone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

I am a guy and I agree with you. I think it's not only unfair but ignorant to compare how men and women age. Men have a massive advantage, it's called testosterone. Even with low T men into late 50s early 60s have an advantage when they work out eat healthy etc. Women on the other hand as they loose estrogen their body, voice, skin, etc go through changes some of which are quite profound. But that's because we are comparing them to their younger versions.

This is so delusional it’s sad. People keep mentioning George Clooney and Brad Pitt. But have you seen pictures of them lately? Brad Pitt has had so much work done. It’s insane. He looks like a washed up Vegas act.

Go look at recent photos from this weekend of George Clooney and Amal. Then scroll through the comments. Comment after comment of oh my gosh George Clooney has gotten so old. What a shame he was so good looking he’s gotten so old.

These men have insane genetics that 99.9% of men don’t have, and all the money in the world to do whatever they can to maintain their looks. Granted they are 60, but the average 50 year-old looks like an average 50 year old man and the average 50 year old is not getting women in their 20s or even their early to mid 30s. Most men in their 50s are with… Women in their 50s! Or possibly 40s. Just look at the data. Don’t take my word for it. Or you could step out into the real world and look around. Most people are dating people around their age.

Men do not have some sort of secret anti-aging power: if they did this poor 45 year old tech billionaire wouldn’t be spending billions measuring his nighttime erections. And trying to reverse it to where he’s 18 again: https://fortune.com/well/2023/01/26/bryan-johnson-extreme-anti-aging/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

I am a guy and I agree with you. I think it's not only unfair but ignorant to compare how men and women age. Men have a massive advantage, it's called testosterone. Even with low T men into late 50s early 60s have an advantage when they work out eat healthy etc. Women on the other hand as they loose estrogen their body, voice, skin, etc go through changes some of which are quite profound. But that's because we are comparing them to their younger versions.

This is so delusional it’s sad. People keep mentioning George Clooney and Brad Pitt. But have you seen pictures of them lately? Brad Pitt has had so much work done. It’s insane. He looks like a washed up Vegas act.

Go look at recent photos from this weekend of George Clooney and Amal. Then scroll through the comments. Comment after comment of oh my gosh George Clooney has gotten so old. What a shame he was so good looking he’s gotten so old.

These men have insane genetics that 99.9% of men don’t have, and all the money in the world to do whatever they can to maintain their looks. Granted they are 60, but the average 50 year-old looks like an average 50 year old man and the average 50 year old is not getting women in their 20s or even their early to mid 30s. Most men in their 50s are with… Women in their 50s! Or possibly 40s. Just look at the data. Don’t take my word for it. Or you could step out into the real world and look around. Most people are dating people around their age.

Men do not have some sort of secret anti-aging power: if they did this poor 45 year old tech billionaire wouldn’t be spending billions measuring his nighttime erections. And trying to reverse it to where he’s 18 again: https://fortune.com/well/2023/01/26/bryan-johnson-extreme-anti-aging/

Uh the PP was actually defending older women. He was saying that part of the reasons sometimes men "may" age better could have to do with testosterone.

A 55 years old man can just go the gym have a descent diet and be able to keep a healthy weight. For a similar woman it's different. It's much harder for example for women to keep the weight off just by dieting and going to the gym and it's not her fault, she has her biology making it harder.

[Anonymous]

Not really but they're the best I can do I guess.

-a man

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

Society says: Gray hair on a man is sexy and distinguished. On a woman is ages her; makes her look frumpy and like she’s “quit.”

Laugh lines on a man is hot. Crow’s feet on a woman is not.

There are countless others. If you say men age better, it’s because we think aging makes them better whereas we say aging makes woman worse.

It’s not about testosterone and the rest of it. It’s how we perceive the same sign of aging so differently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

Men don’t take care of themselves so all things aren’t really equal. But go ahead and keep telling yourself that all the girls in their 20s are lining up for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

No, it’s biology being reflected in the culture. It has ALWAYS been thus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

I am a guy and I agree with you. I think it's not only unfair but ignorant to compare how men and women age. Men have a massive advantage, it's called testosterone. Even with low T men into late 50s early 60s have an advantage when they work out eat healthy etc. Women on the other hand as they loose estrogen their body, voice, skin, etc go through changes some of which are quite profound. But that's because we are comparing them to their younger versions.

This is so delusional it’s sad. People keep mentioning George Clooney and Brad Pitt. But have you seen pictures of them lately? Brad Pitt has had so much work done. It’s insane. He looks like a washed up Vegas act.

Go look at recent photos from this weekend of George Clooney and Amal. Then scroll through the comments. Comment after comment of oh my gosh George Clooney has gotten so old. What a shame he was so good looking he’s gotten so old.

These men have insane genetics that 99.9% of men don’t have, and all the money in the world to do whatever they can to maintain their looks. Granted they are 60, but the average 50 year-old looks like an average 50 year old man and the average 50 year old is not getting women in their 20s or even their early to mid 30s. Most men in their 50s are with… Women in their 50s! Or possibly 40s. Just look at the data. Don’t take my word for it. Or you could step out into the real world and look around. Most people are dating people around their age.

Men do not have some sort of secret anti-aging power: if they did this poor 45 year old tech billionaire wouldn’t be spending billions measuring his nighttime erections. And trying to reverse it to where he’s 18 again: https://fortune.com/well/2023/01/26/bryan-johnson-extreme-anti-aging/

Uh the PP was actually defending older women. He was saying that part of the reasons sometimes men "may" age better could have to do with testosterone.

A 55 years old man can just go the gym have a descent diet and be able to keep a healthy weight. For a similar woman it's different. It's much harder for example for women to keep the weight off just by dieting and going to the gym and it's not her fault, she has her biology making it harder.

I don’t know. I see a lot of men in their 50s with dad bods. It might be easier, but it’s clearly not easy.

I eat really well and exercise regularly so have stayed the same weight in my 40s and feel like my body is even better since I quit drinking 10 years ago and I do think alcohol ages both sexes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:51 year old woman here who gets hit on pretty regularly by 30-35 year old guys and gals. I don’t look like a model at all (162 lbs, 5’5”) but I am fit, take care of my skin, laugh a lot and highlight my hair. People usually think I’m in my mid-30s.

To me, it’s all about the energy someone exudes. You can be attractive at 25 or 105 if you have a laid back, positive, kind energy. At this stage in my life, women in their 40s/50s far more interesting to me because they have experienced life, globally are progressing humankind forward and caring for communities. Most guys in their 50+ I have encountered/observed are whiny, depressed and narcissistic. Doesn’t matter how many WODs and cold plunge/infrareds you do - if you are only focused on bio hacking yourself, it’s totally unattractive.

BTW: I do think Tim Walz and Joe Biden are attractive because they exude kind and compassionate energy (without the creepy yoga dude vibe).

Take care and be well all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

No, it’s biology being reflected in the culture. It has ALWAYS been thus.

Meh. There are just as many examples of hot 50-something actresses as 50-something actors. In the real world, biology seems to dictate that 50-something men have big guts and wear cargo shorts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

This is a good way to put it, that it has infiltrated our psyches. These are things that you notice from a very young age and it imprints on your brain – look at any ad or movie and you will see a gray haired man with a younger woman by his side

Boys and girls have picked up on this by the age of about eight or nine and by the time they're teens it's part of their sexual identities too, the idea that girls have an obligation to be young and beautiful and it's core to your value.

Itd sad that women devalue themselves so much as they get older, there is so much self-hatred, I think most men are actually pretty open-minded and can find women of all ages attractive, especially as they get older.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

No, it’s biology being reflected in the culture. It has ALWAYS been thus.

Biology is a part of it but it's ignorant to think that's all of the story. For most of history, men have controlled how women are portrayed and defined what is beautiful for BOTH genders. This is about power as much as biology.

If women had had a voice in advertising, or had money and status that allowed them to have more control, women would not have created ads showing the height of beauty in a woman as an 18-year-old skinny girl and male attractiveness as a 50 year old man. That narrative completely suits men.

But this is what we call sexy now, because it's what we've been told, and what we've grown up with. I don't disagree that biology is a part of it, but the importance is exaggerated. And we know this because the age gap in marriages has dramatically declined. In the last 50 plus years, as women have more power and education, they marry men closer in age to them, be cause they don't feel that they have to marry a man to decades older!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All things being equal - regular exercise, good diet, no smoking - it's easier for a good looking 25 year old man to become a good looking 50 year old man as long as he continues with a healthy lifestyle. I think it's much tougher for a good looking 25 year old woman to become a good looking 50 year old woman - even with a continuous healthy lifestyle.

But there are plenty of exceptions. Gillian Anderson was and remains a beautiful woman. But what we see in Hollywood has never been reflective of what we see at the school pick up line. It's easier for 50 year old men who do the basic work - run, lift, eat well, avoid alcohol, do some yoga, get 8 hours of sleep, and dress reasonably well - to get second and third looks at the grocery store. While that remains true for some women, the luck of the genetic lottery factors much more prominently when it comes to who looks good going into their 50s.

So getting back to the original point, there are a lot of men that will find Gillian Anderson very attractive. But she's not typical for a woman in her 50s. It's much easier for a man to be a George Clooney or Daniel Craig in their 50s, then it is for a woman to be a Selma Hayek or Elizabeth Hurley in their 50s.

It’s not that men inherently “age better”. It’s that society, tv, movies, etc, has portrayed the aging man as still attractive.

Whereas, an aging actress gets replaced by a younger one more readily while the same age man is still a lead character.

Those magazines with “sexiest men” columns always have older men pictured. But the sexiest women ones are all young, bikini bodied women.

This has completely infiltrated the psyche of society.

Maybe you have a point, but that's not the entirety of it. A man can go on TRT and maintain the muscle mass and physique they had as a 25 year old. A woman who's gone through a couple of pregnancies and menopause is just never going to get their body back. She can starve, cardio, and ozempic the hell out of herself until shes skinny but those nice curves that scream reproductive health to the man's brain are gone.

Omg this is NOT true!!