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Partner preferences across the life span: Online dating by older adults.
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The authors analyzed 600 Internet personal ads from four age groups: 20-34, 40-54, 60-74, and 75+ years and found that women were more selective than men and sought status more than men.Abstract:
Stereotypes of older adults as withdrawn or asexual fail to recognize that romantic relationships in later life are increasingly common. The authors analyzed 600 Internet personal ads from 4 age groups: 20-34, 40-54, 60-74, and 75+ years. Predictions from evolutionary theory held true in later life, when reproduction is no longer a concern. Across the life span, men sought physical attractiveness and offered status-related information more than women; women were more selective than men and sought status more than men. With age, men desired women increasingly younger than themselves, whereas women desired older men until ages 75 and over, when they sought men younger than themselves.read more
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Sex and the (older) single girl: experiences of sex and dating in later life
TL;DR: It was found that these women's sexual desire and sexual activity were fluid and diverse across their life course, and although some participants desired a romantic or sexual relationship, they were also protective of their independence and reluctant to re-enter into a relationship in later life.
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A Reexamination of Sex Differences in Sexuality New Studies Reveal Old Truths
David P. Schmitt,Peter K. Jonason,Garrett J. Byerley,Sandy D. Flores,Brittany E. Illbeck,Kimberly O'Leary,Ayesha Qudrat +6 more
TL;DR: A wealth of evidence from real-world studies of actual mate choice and marital dynamics supports evolutionary mate preference predictions as mentioned in this paper, and converging evidence from patterns of extradyadic sex, mate poaching, sexual fantasies, pornography consumption, postcoital regret, sociosexual attitudes, and willingness to engage in casual sex supports the view that men and women have distinct short-term mating psychologies.
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