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Are older women sexier? Blame it on consciousness, fitness

Are older women sexier? Blame it on consciousness, fitness (Photo: iStock)

The (controversial) narrative appeared on my social media timeline too frequently until it became impossible to ignore it; women in their 30s and 40s are looking sexier than those in their 20s.

I approached it with lots of caution because algorithms know our age, sex, and preferences - mostly because we have fed the machines with the information knowingly and sometimes unknowingly, and also because humans notice what they are interested in, what favours them.

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