Gerontophilia: Gray is the New Sexy

February 24, 2024
ARIANA LEVI

Gerontophilia is derived from the Greek words "Geron," meaning old man, and "philia," meaning love or attraction.

Gerontophilia is not a new kink; it has likely existed in different cultures and different periods but has not been studied much. Austrian psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing, in his classic 1886 book on sexual deviance, Psycopathia Sexualis, first described this particular "erotic age orientation." Gerontophilia is derived from the Greek words "Geron," meaning old man, and "philia," meaning love or attraction. Gerontophilia is the attraction to people older or much older than one is. People with this kink are romantically interested in and turned on by older people. But it is important to clarify that we are not talking about people romantically involved with older people, like a twenty-something woman with a forty-something man. This is not Gerontophilia. When we talk about Gerontophilia kink, we are referring to people who are attracted to people who are 65 years old or older.

People with this fetish may be attracted to wisdom, appreciating maturity, the sense of stability, or the life experiences they bring to a relationship. It could be by challenging stereotypes and adopting unconventional attractions. Or they feel physically attracted to age spots, wrinkles, sagging skin, and gray or white hair. In 2023, the MILF category gained +1 spot to become the 5th most viewed category worldwide on Pornhub. In context, everything makes sense.

Now, the funniest part. When you search for gerontophilia on the internet, you get countless results. There is also a movie called Gerontophilia that was released in 2013. It's about an 18-year-old boy working at a retirement home who falls in love with an older man and runs away with him—and even dating websites aimed at senior connoisseurs. Sadly, there is not much information or studies about this fetish. Still, luckily, there are countless videos with which you can enjoy it. That is something. Right?

And finally, I checked the prevalence in women or men, but there is no information. But if I go by the Pornhub statistics, in the case of men, it had the fourth most searched place, and in the case of women, it was the seventh, so maybe we could have an idea based on this. However, it is worth noting that I found real cases of gerontophile women and men. So, dear reader, if you like an older person, and that older person likes you back, be happy.