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Nollywood actress, Damilola Adegbite, has said she has noticed a growing trend of younger men showing interest in older women.
Adegbite made the observation during a recent episode of her podcast, which was shared on her YouTube channel.
She said society had traditionally made women feel they should leave the dating scene after reaching a certain age, but that perception was changing.
According to the actress, younger men are increasingly finding older women attractive and are becoming more open to relationships with them.
Using the biblical analogy of a rejected stone becoming the chief cornerstone, Adegbite described older women who were previously overlooked as the “premium packages.”
The actress, 41, said the changing attitude towards relationships between younger men and older women showed that societal expectations around age and dating were evolving.
She said, “When society made older women feel like once we have crossed a certain age, you should basically leave the dating market quietly. Meanwhile, the younger girls were supposedly getting all the attention. But now, the tables are turning.
“Honestly, I think Psalm 118:22 was onto something. You know that scripture about the stone which the builders rejected becoming the cornerstone? Maybe we should just say the older woman who was once overlooked has become the premium package.
“But seriously, why is this happening? A younger man will see a woman who is 38, 40 or 42 and say boldly, ‘I like you.’ And you are sitting there thinking, ‘Sorry, wait, are we doing this?’ And he is looking you dead in the eye like, ‘Yes, we are.’ And I think that confidence is attractive.”
