If anything, it’s more of a level playing field when it comes to midlife dating. In fact, she notes that older women are a lot more selective than older men and younger women are when it comes to picking a partner But that has not been the case,” she says. “If that were true, they would be lowering their standards. In a talk before boomers (you can watch it below), Adshade says older women really aren’t disadvantaged on the dating market.
“We’re perpetually fed a line that we’re looking for love in a market that doesn’t value us,” says Marina Adshade, an economics professor in Canada and author of Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love. Who says middle-aged women can’t find love again? They are all 50-something, empty-nesters and divorced. Here’s what’s happened in the past year - two girlfriends have gotten engaged, and one has her condo on the market and is looking with her boyfriend to buy a new place and move in together.