Ladies who complain about men preferring younger women

Hi JDave-interesting initial post.
I think that, for many men, there is a bit of genetic impetus combined with male ego that makes dating younger women so attractive, regardless of their own age.
Genetically, men are given a strong need to procreate. At any age, the desire to be able to continue our species is so strong in many men that, even if intellectually they know they aren't going to want children, they still desire women of childbearing age.
We mature women can't fight that. Our bodies and faces show the world that we have born all the children we are able to.
Because we can't argue that point, neither should we accept it as something we have to settle for when searching for a new male in our lives.
We can't give up on the hope of companionship in our golden years,but we can strive to appear our best, (sadly-our youngest)and hope we find an intelligent man who isn't hormone driven.
The phrasing in our profiles is very important as is an excellent picture that shows a woman to advantage.
For example, I am a creative woman-I paint, do mixed media photography and watercolor and, in the winter I quilt. In my profile I emphasize the younger sounding creativity and not the quilting which is perceived (incorrectly) as being a old woman's hobby.
I am honest about an injury that has taken the ability to be aggressively athletic away, but emphasize my love of hiking,dancing, live music and travel by myself.
And, as you may remember from an earlier post of mine, I also have shaved a few years off my posted age, against the rules here (I've always been a rule breaker and-surprise, there are many many rule breakers here.)
In order for me to even meet a man, I have to use everything available to me to appear fun and youthful.
Deceptive of me? Of course, but I have no guilt about it-this dating experience has shown me that about 40% of the men I've met have also taken liberties with their birthdate, with their photograph, with their marital status and their physical attractiveness.
Men who refer to themselves as athletic and trim, in my age group, are as a whole all slightly or more than slightly overweight. Pictures in their profile of trim guys with hair are about 15 years old, from the looks of the sideburns and the looks of the man.
The initial meet often comes as a surprise to me.
In my profile, I emphasize my preference for a healthy man, one without major physical problems. My husband died of complications of diabetes and I don't want to go thru that again. I have just as much right to want a man who takes care of his physical health as a man does to want a youthful appearing woman, yet time and time again I have met men who are overweight and fighting diabetes. It's an awful disease and can be controlled by weight loss-I did it 9 years ago..it was hard but it worked and I am healthier because I took charge of myself and focused on being healthy.
I post a recent full body picture - I am slender. I work hard to stay that way-it can be a loosing battle for a 60+ year old, but it can be done.
JDave, you have many excellent points in your post, many of which no woman of our age can control-and neither can a man-ageism sucks but is a reality that we all deal with as best we are able.
Best
Roxy