French author says women over 50 ‘too old’ to love
london — A popular French author and presenter has sparked widespread criticism around the world for saying that women over 50 are “too old” to love and “invisible” to him.
Yann Moix, who is 50 himself, told women’s magazine Marie Claire he was “incapable” of loving a woman his age, and preferred dating younger women, especially those of Korean, Chinese and Japanese descent.
“I prefer younger women’s bodies, that’s all. End of. The body of a 25-year-old woman is extraordinary. The body of a woman of 50 is not extraordinary at all,” said Moix, an award-winning author and television host.
“It’s perhaps sad and reductive for the women I go out with but the Asian type is sufficiently rich, large and infinite for me not to be ashamed,” he told the magazine.
Moix’s comments attracted global outrage, particularly on social media, with one 52-year-old journalist posting a now-deleted photo of her backside on social media.
Some posted photos of movie stars aged their 50s, including Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston and Monica Bellucci, to argue against his claims that older women were not attractive.
Responding to the criticisms, Moix told local radio on Monday that he could not help that he preferred younger women.
“I like who I like and I don’t have to answer to the court of taste,” Moix told RTL radio.
“Fifty-year-old women do not see me either. They have something else to do than to get around a neurotic who writes and reads all day long. It’s not easy to be with me,” he said. —
I’m guessing he won’t be getting an invite to the Macrons anytime soon. Sexist, ageist prick Lawrence Jones
@Lawrence7 23h
Now it feels so shitty to be a 25-year-old Korean woman because of #YannMoix’s recent comment. I’m dying to be over 50 so that I can escape from such horny old white monkeys. Balsing
@Balsing12 7h
Women over 50 breathe a sigh of relief, warn 25-year-old women to avoid creepy French author Yann Moix. Mary Dixon Verified account
@MaryLDixon 17h
Women over 50 who have just learned they will never feel the loving caress of Yann Moix are breathing a collective sigh of relief at the bullet they’ve dodged Toscha
@thelilacthief 23h
Coming from someone that looks like Mr. Bean’s constipated cousin, I think you’re safe from all women...not just the ones over 50. Genx @abbath_Child 16h
Yann Moix sounds like a 50 year old man who is panicking that he’s getting old so surrounds himself with younger women to make him feel better carey Sinclair
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