Article 5J144 The perfect partner: how age affects what men and women find attractive

The perfect partner: how age affects what men and women find attractive

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Donna Lu
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Young men look for an attractive partner and young women emphasise personality but as we age, everyone agrees physical attributes are overrated

The characteristics that attract people to an ideal partner differ between men and women, but become more similar with age, a survey of more than 7,000 Australian online dating users has found.

Researchers asked 7,325 Australians aged between 16 and 65 to rate the importance of nine characteristics of potential partners on a scale of 0 to 100.

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