Despite these stereotypes, a 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers study found that while men and women generally prefer partners around their age, they remain open to dating individuals 10-15 years younger or older.
Society tends to label older men dating younger women as predatory, while the women in these relationships are often dismissed as gold diggers.
This change gives older actresses like Renée Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, and Anne Hathaway - in the 'Idea of You’ where she played an older woman dating a younger man - the opportunity for more leading roles.
(a female empowerment community), tells The Mirror: “The rise in age-gap relationships is certainly shifting Hollywood's usual storylines and flips the typical Hollywood dynamic where older men are paired with younger women.
For instance, a 25-year-old man typically seeks a partner three years younger, while a woman of the same age often prefers someone three years older.
