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After analyzing 4,500 blind dates, scientists found both men and women prefer younger partners. Apparently, when we put aside social norms, most people are drawn to younger partners. Edited and reviewed by Zoe Gordon.

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Illustration by Midjourney. Romance is full of stereotypes. Conventional wisdom holds that men chase youth, while women seek older, more established partners. But a new study flips this script, revealing a surprising truth. When it comes to initial attraction, both men and women are slightly more drawn to younger partners at virtually the same rate — whether they realize it or not. “This preference for youth among women will be shocking to many people,” said Paul Eastwick, a psychology professor at the University of California, Davis, and the study’s lead author. “In mixed-gender couples, men tend to be older than women. Plus, women generally say they prefer older partners. But women’s preferences on the dates themselves revealed something else entirely.” Rethinking Dating Norms. The study analyzed data from more than 4,500 participants who went on blind dates arranged by the matchmaking service Tawkify. The daters, ranging in age from 22 to 85, were about evenly split between men and women. After their brief encounters, they filled out questionnaires rating their attraction to their dates. The results were clear: both men and women were slightly more likely to rate younger partners as desirable. This preference was small but consistent, with daters choosing the younger of two potential partners about 55% of the time. “It’s small, and you probably wouldn’t notice it yourself with just the ‘naked eye’, but it makes a difference in the aggregate,” Eastwick told The Guardian . Interestingly, the participants’ self-reported age preferences didn’t always match their actual choices.