After what age do you think people (of the opposite gender) start to become less attractive?

[mistixs]

I'm gay or asexual so this question is irrelevant to me

I think people of the opposite gender start to become less attractive at an age younger than 30

I think people of the opposite gender start to become less attractive between 30 and 34

I think people of the opposite gender start to become less attractive between 35 and 39

I think people of the opposite gender start to become less attractive between 40 and 49

I think people of the opposite gender start to become less attractive at 50 or older

I don't think there's a particular age at which most people of the opposite gender start to become less attractive

[Dongtai]

It really depends on the individual. The average person probably starts losing their baseline attraction in their late 20’s. By their early 30’s the unhealthy habits like fast food, smoking and drinking will start to catch up with them. Add that with a slowing metabolism you’ll start to see the weight gain and aging.


But if a person regularly works out and prioritizes their healthy they can keep that baseline attraction all the way to their 60’s. My dad used to compete in bodybuilding so his health has always been peak level. He’s in his 60’s but looks to be in his 40’s. Still has his muscle but doesn’t workout as much as he used to. But for people who maintain a consistent workout routine I imagine their physical attraction can last a pretty long time.


You also have to factor in skin color. People with lighter complexions tend to age worse than people with darker complexion due to long term sun exposure. My dad is black so stack that with his healthy habits and you look 20 years younger than what you are. But I’ve seen women with lighter complexions who looked smoking hot in their 50’s.


If you live the average lifestyle your looks start to fade in your 30’s. If you take care of your body and exercise regularly it’s a toss up.

[mistixs]

"Add that with a slowing metabolism you’ll start to see the weight gain"
Aren't most Americans overweight to begin with, though?

[Dongtai]

Yeah but most people in their 20’s aren’t obviously overweight. Still reasonably attractive “clothed” but once that metabolism dies it gets more obvious. It’s more common to see people who are middle aged and overweight than to see younger people who are obviously overweight.

[sammy1537]

There was a study that showed men of all ages1(18-65) pictures of women of various ages and asked to identify most attractive one. Average age of a woman the group found most attractive was 22.5 years old. When the same experiment was done with women, the most attractive age was 43.7 years old.
That should give you an idea of what men and women find attractive age-wise. This is proven by real world. 22yo women get far more attention than 32yo and by the time she's 42, she's almost invisible to the opposite sex. Men: they are considering a nobody at 22 and are 4 times more likely to receive a speeding ticket where other sex and ages get a warning. At 42, men are considered mature, financially established and wiser.
This is a human dynamic. Young men and older women are disposable, useless, ignored.

P. S. My wife of 25 years is still looking hella sexy to me so take above with a grain of salt.

[jabberwocky00]

I’d love a romantic gang bang with a man from each decade, starting with 18 and ending with a guy in their 60s.

[SphynxUK]

I personally find men 49+ less attractive generally. It’s not the wrinkles or lack of hair, it’s the way they often let themselves go. Stop caring how they dress. Eat and drink what they like when they like, so the waistline expands. I don’t mind some middle aged spread, but I don’t care for a huge beer belly. Of course I’m generalising.

[SaraSmithishere]

Most men I've known will either start look rough at age 28 or still look great. For those that are still good looking at that age, they have until age 45 or so until they get the "old man" look. Then again, I'm 29, so maybe at 45 I'll think that men up to age 60 are handsome.

[OlderAndWiser]

I think women become unattractive when they are about 20 years older than me.

[centerline]

I've seen some pretty smoken' hot older women... but admittedly, I haven't seen these same women with their clothes off...

after about 65 women start to shrink and get more wrinkles, and so I would say thats the general age they start to become less attractive...
BUT, we have ALL seen some of the people we went to school with who were hot in school, but are now skanky looking... which means a woman will start to become less attractive as soon ans she gives up caring for herself... which can be at any age.

[Jjpayne]

I am going to say that age 30 is the turning point where they still look good then it progresses from there

unless they smoke and suntan a lot, in which case they can look older faster than 30

[jabariw18]

Lol I think those who voted option G are just being polite. It's very obvious that people start to become less attractive as they age so it's foolish to say there's no particular age. Gray hairs, baldness, wrinkles, sun spots, sagging skin, weight, etc. Those are things that everyone tries to avoid for as long as possible because they "make you look old."` I personally think that downward decline in physical attractiveness starts in roughly the mid 30s but in the end it really just depends on the person. Genes, skin complexion, and lifestyle all play a role.

[hahahmm]

This is a pov thing. When I was 20 my answers would’ve been different but...


Just talking about faces...
For womem with bad genes or super bad lifestyles: Before 25.


For womem with moderately good lifestyle and good genes: Before 30-35


That said, a woman who has great genes & takes moderately good care of herself could look good overall into early 40s.


If she takes really good care she can look good into 60s+ But the women who do that are rare. One theory i heard is that it’s all evonomics. Women with little money age like milk. Women with money age like half milk, half wine. Some really rare cases age like wine.

[hahahmm]

I skipped character/personality/baggage because that’s a way more complex subject. I will say that baggage increases with the number of failed relationships tho & it makes women less attractive for serious.

[Bandit74]

Probably first starts in mid to late 20s and then gradually increases from there. I would actually say men age worse than women primarily because of hairloss. That really fucks us over and can age someone a lot. That said, women probably feel the affects of aging more because the average guy never really has that much sex appeal even in his prime so when he loses his looks it's not really much of a difference but when the average woman falls from grace she is falling from a higher pedestal.

[Anonymous]

I personally don't go for women in their mid 40's - but that will probably change when I'm in my late 40's.

It changes for me. Like when I was in high school/college, and they had the high school/college cheerleader car washes... it was... distracting. Now, as an older guy... no. I wouldn't be attracted to any girl in those groups as they're WAY too young. Even a woman in her early 20's, while probably kinda cute sometimes, I'm like... nah. Seems too young still.

But when I was 23-24, all of that was fine, and 35 seemed like I'd be going out with the Cryptkeeper...

Right now, generally, it seems like I look for 25-40. 45 would feel old to me, and anyone under 25, too young.

[ShortCircuit]

I'd say their appearances start to decline at around 35, unless they take exceptionally good care of their appearance--but even then, those cases are the exception, not the rule.

Then again, 5 years ago I would've said the same about 25-year-olds. So my tolerance for aging in the opposite sex will probably continue to grow at roughly the same rate as my own age. That seems to be how it works.

[Citizenkirk]

I think that people who are attracted too cosmetic characteristics of a person do not see that person for who they really are and are incapable of recognizing real beauty in a person. Therefore, if anyone becomes less attractive too a person, iether that person has embraced an offensive ideology or habit, or the person seeing them is blind in spirit and personality, regardless of visual acuity

[9Livezzz]

I've heard that women feel like they will not the wall once they turn 30 because they aren't attractive anymore but that's not true at all. Women are still attractive past 30. I've seen some attractive women past their 50s even. Being attractive doesn't really have a time frame. I feel like the reason women feel less attractive with age is because with age they realize being attractive really isn't that important.

[Anonymous]

For women it's age 18, for men it's age 50.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/women-online-daters-peak-at-age-18-men-peak-at-50-2018-08-17

[broken_heart_at_48]

It totally depends on the chick. Look at Morgan Fairchild the hot blonde from back in the day. I think she was on Dallas or something like that anyways I'm not sure how old she is but she's still way hot

[SexyAshh]

Like 70s.


Depending on lifestlye, everyone ages differently though.


Some people can be 20 years older then someone else, and look 20 years younger then the supposed “young” one.


All depends.

[ohshee]

That only happen if you become mean and ugly with in its funny sometime because everyone see everyone different I would love to tell you a story but I won't

[Guy0nGaG]

Huh, so men do age better. Anyway, in my opinion, women start becoming less attractive in their 30s, but that's mostly because I assume most women are off the market by then and are already maybe with children of their own.

[mistixs]

I don't think men age better but that women are just more amicable to signs of aging. For example, lesbian and bisexual women are also fine with older women. (I'm bisexual and my preference for women actually skews older than for men)

[Guy0nGaG]

I said that because 27% of me voted C and 24% of women voted F.

[mistixs]

Yeah, because women are more tolerant of signs of aging in potential partners.

[bobalife]

nuhs, I noticed as I get older that older men (who take care of themselves) become more masculine and hotter in my eyes... ;)

[havingfun101]

"The opposite gender" 🧐🤣

[mistixs]

Can you link to where that chart is from? The idea that a 65 year old man is more desirable than a 30 year old man is hard to believe, unless the women making the judgments are in their 60s themselves.

[havingfun101]

To be fair, women of all ages were considered; if the cities were averaged or if a different study or data set was used, it'd be a wider gap. However, retired me have lots of money and we can't forget about sugar babies.
https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/567083/

[0112358]

Mistixs I suspect the chart reflects supply and demand. 60 year old women may think 20 year old men are better looking than 60 year old men, but most don’t actually want to date a 20 year old. There are significantly more older women than older men in the world (and more young men then young women). add in men’s interest in dating younger or even much younger women and women’s preference to date slightly to much older when younger and close in age when older and you end up with these imbalances - young women being hugely in demand and older men being mildly in demand. In areas that have more women then men (NYC for instance) it’s even stronger impact.

[mistixs]

@0112358 "60 year old women may think 20 year old men are better looking than 60 year old men, but most don’t actually want to date a 20 year old."
That's my point. If the study participants are 50+ year olds, then I can believe that 50+ year old women find 60 year old men more desirable than 30 year old men. But if it's all ages, I find it hard to believe most 25 year old women would find 60 year old men more desirable than 30 year old men.
The participants must be very heavily skewed towards elderly women if that's the result.

[0112358]

I suspect this curve reflects the supply demand imbalance. The ratio of single women to single men is somewhat famously skewed in those cities. So in the sample there may be 100 20 year old women who are looking at 100 20 year old men... plus some older men. Meanwhile there might be 25, 50 year old women but they’re fighting over 5, 50 year old men.

[havingfun101]

You're both not considering education and wealth, the primary driver's for women.
"The male fixation on youth distorts the dating pool," an OKCupid blog post about the study reads.
Some claim the explanation for this behavior has something to do with innate biological desires. For example, that youth is related to fertility, and men are driven to pursue a mate who can bear his children, developmental psychologist Michelle Drouin explains to TheNew York Times. However, other theories suggest that men really are "more interested in physical attractiveness," she says.
What's more, Bruch and Newman's *study also revealed that the greater a man's education, the more desirable he is to women, but the same is not true for women with advanced levels of education.* Their data suggest that post-graduate education is actually a less desirable characteristic in women.
www-yahoo-com.cdn.ampproject.org/.../...00757.html

[ch2raf]

Because the more you spend with someone the less their assets attracts you while their true identity does

[JackSmy]

Still waiting for that, and I don't think there is an age, if you are about the PERSON!

[Marcuslrh]

Yeah I think 40 they start to loss it abit some a lot more than others though