Also, the definition of older has changed a lot over the years.

Older for men now means someone over the age of 55, as I know guys in their early 50's who look in their mid-30's, as they take care of themselves and have access to better health/skin care. Remember, the gym culture only really blew up heavily in the last 20 years or so, and esp after Youtube/ Insta etc.

So this now means a woman in her mid-20's will be happy to even date a guy over 50 if he has all his shit together. But for guys, we still value fertility in a woman, so will typically date down in age.

Women and Men are different remember. Men value youth, Women value security.