Hollywood is a fascinating artificial mirror for our rather warped views of attractiveness, power and sexuality. Where else are we expected to believe that men of the age of Richard Gere, Steve Martin, Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis (yep they're all around my age) have gorgeous women of 25 falling head over heels for them, while actresses in the same age bracket (Kathleen Turner, Meryl Streep for example) can't get work on the screen unless a sexless matron is called for?
I for one think women of forty and older are much more attractive, interesting, stimulating. They are, one might say, "fully realized". Clothed or naked, I salute them!