NY TIMES – Nov 14 - A recent study by British online dating service Parship, said 20% of men in their 20s and 22% of men in their 30s would date an older woman. Over the last year, Amber Soletti, a founder of OnSpeedDating.com, has been playing host monthly to “Cougar/Boy Toy” speed-dating events. Ms. Soletti said the lure for the men is that older women are more sophisticated and more sexually experienced. Barry A. Farber, a psychotherapist said “dating an older woman may free the man from the pressures of the ‘baby hunger’ that a relationship with a younger woman might bring.” An older woman, he added, “may well take him more seriously than a woman his own age and will overlook the relatively small flaws.” FULL ARTICLE @ NY TIMES
