Third of single women do a Demi by dating toyboys, study shows

FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Madonna and Demi Moore, nearly a third of single women in America are stepping out with younger men, a survey showed yesterday.

Middle-aged women across the US are brushing aside the stigma and increasingly opting for toyboys, the study found. The findings, in a forthcoming edition of AARP, The Magazine, comes as part of one of the biggest studies into the love lives of middle-aged singles in the US.

"There seems to be no stigma now for dating men a few years younger," said Steve Slon, editor of the magazine which is pitched at over 50s.