Okay, first. What is the male obsession with wmen and cats? Truly, it's arbitrary and makes no sense.
The field is wide open for 23-year-olds because EVERYONE wants them. That is NOT what this article is about and you've missed that point. It's totally irrelevant who the men want. What we're talking about is who the women want.
I have a friend who is 26. She just got back from a girls trip with her college friends. These girls are making money that it took me my whole career to make and I did well for myself. So, tell me, why would the 26-year-old with the $90k job want to date a 56 year old man with a $90k job? She wouldn't.