"I think the Kutcher/Moore marriage did a lot to the mentality of younger men. "
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Maybe so, but I pre-date that couple, and I found older women sexy when I was younger.
I don't think it's uncommon in boys, but I could be just generalizing from my own experience.
The attraction could just be the idea that older women have had more experience and are more comfortable with themselves and their sexuality. The idea that experience has brought them to a place where they "own their sexuality" to a greater degree is intriguing, but the perceived grounding and stability in an older woman might make them seem more compassionate and loving, too.

It depends on the person, I have dated women from 23 to 50 over the past 3 years. Its a rare young 20 something year old that can keep my interest past an evening but there are some out there. Lot easier to have a relationship with someon in their 30-40's, for me at least.

I hate to admit this (and sorry for being off topic) but when I have gone out on first dates with someone a decade older than me, which I have done a couple of time recently, I cringe when they start talking of their health problems. It is strange because I have always not wanted to be a caretaker until I met someone who I realized I would take care of if anything happened to him. That is when I knew I was in love with him. I guess when someone touches you, it does not matter what the fates might throw at you.

I have often wondered if men think about a caretaker when they are 60 dating someone 20 years younger. I know when they are 65-70 they are!

I think the care taking can go either way. With someone very young, they don't know how to take care of themselves emotionally and they tend to play games . ( i'm just growing out of that behavior at 31) Too old and it's physical care taking.I don't want to talk about health problems until I'm 80. ( it reminds me of my sick co-dependent family)
I think I should stick to right about my age for dating 29- 40 ( I'm 31)
I did see Harrison Ford in Indian Jones and he makes 65 look sexy. But it's still too old for me.

"Much younger than that and the maturity level just isn't there, and the sex isn't nearly as fun, free, or skillful. The games that get played are just flat out silly, as well. The more experienced women know how to play for what they want, whereas many of the younger ones ineptly play to see what they can get away with, which with me is very little. Somewhere around 30 is the bottom of what I'd ever do again."

Hey, we're not ALL that bad!

i dunno. i'm also 32, & i just wouldn't feel right dating a woman 20 years younger than me.
i did, however, date a woman 20 years older than me when i was 25.

When I was last between husbands, in 2003, I pre-dated a very handsome English scientist that was probably at least 8 years younger than I was, and I noticed that I ended up feeling more maternal toward him than anything else, as we talked - until he hugged me, that is! I'm not in the habit of fucking more than one person at a time, generally, and when I've made the plunge with someone, all other options are closed to me, by my choosing. It's what I expect from my partners, and I figure it's only fair. At any rate, if I hadn't started becoming attached to my now-husband at the same time I pre-dated the little scientist, I could see maybe fucking him a couple of times, and likely *enjoying* the experience greatly, in the moment. I would not, however, have been able to sustain a relationship with him. Too young, too gentle, too soft.

On the other end of the spectrum, I have, in the past few years, been involved with a man that is almost 9 years older that I am, yet he is more rock-hard and virile than most men my age! I think he's fucking *incredible*, and that it has nothing to do with his relative age! Yum! :o) I'm open to the human, and the age isn't so much a factor. Yes, priorities, perspectives, views on life - that's what's important.