A French author is currently circulating the internet has been trying to claim that women over the age of 50 aren't attractive enough for him. Obviously we're having absolutely none of it. The man responsible for spouting this ageist, sexist rubbish? Yann Moix, a prize-winning author actually, Moix has picked up several prestigious literary awards including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix François Mauriac. You would think this might have turned him into less of an insufferable misogynist and offered insight into the complexities of desire and the incredibly reductive standards of female beauty that are dictated by the media, but this is not the case.
Moix has caused an uproar by announcing in an interview in French Marie Claire that he can't really get his rocks off with a woman who is more than half his age. Speaking to the magazine while promoting his new book Rompre he said 'At 50, I am incapable of loving a woman of 50. I find that too old'
That in itself is pretty gross, especially considering Moix himself is 50 years old (It's difficult to know where to begin with the hypocrisy). However the interview got even more skin-crawlingly weird, as he told Marie Claire that his personal taste runs towards women young enough to be his offspring “I prefer the bodies of younger women...The body of a woman of 25 is extraordinary." said Moix, and as a 26-year-old I can confirm I feel creeped out and want to take a bath.
We can only imagine the person who had the unfortunate job of interviewing him probably felt like taking a bath immediately afterwards as well. Yann went on to state that he prefers to date “Asians, essentially Korean, Chinese and Japanese women." but being called a racist is one thing Yann Moix won't stand for: "I am not boasting about that. I am trying to be honest and frank. A lot of people would be incapable of admitting that because it is racism."...sure, Yann.
Since then, there's been a backlash of reactions to the interview, among the best of them French journalist Colombe Sheck posted a picture of her naked legs and buttocks on Instagram with the caption “Voila, the buttocks of a woman aged 52…what an imbecile you are, you don’t know what you’re missing, you and your tiny, paunchy brain.”. And in the meantime, for our own amusement we have compiled a list of all the 50-something and older women Yann Moix probably couldn't get a date with.
Women Who Are Too Good For Yann Moix
![Selma Hayek](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b693/2793/bc18/0747/6854/GettyImages-1057246466%20(1).jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Selma Hayek
Not only is Selma possibly the sexiest women on the whole planet but she is also at the epicentre of Frida-Khalo craze having portrayed the painter in the film Frida. She was one of the women to indict Harvey Weinstein with a powerful in the New York Times after he directed her in the same film.
![Julianne Moore](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b6ae/2793/bc18/0747/6859/GettyImages-1078617084%20(2).jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Julianne Moore
Across her career 58 year old Julianne Moore has totalled an Academy Award, two Golden Globes and a BAFTA and featured in the 2017 pirelli calendar celebrating women over 40 who've refused to go under the knife.
![Lucy Liu](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b6d7/2793/bc18/0747/685c/GettyImages-980883490%20(1).jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu: terrifying assassin in Kill Bill, Ambassador for Unicef, Charlie's Angel. She also starred in the latest Netflix feel good-on-a-rough-Sunday Rom-Com Set It Up. Enough Said.
![Angela Bassett](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b6f6/2793/bc18/0747/685f/GettyImages-1080015892.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Angela Bassett
American Horror Story just wouldn't be the same without Angela Bassett and at 60. But we loved her even more when she had every single beauty editor in a twist trying to figure out the formula of replicating her flawless skin at the Emmy's.
![Susan Sarandon](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b72a/2793/bc18/0747/6865/GettyImages-947281436.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Susan Sarandon
Dear Susan: your fashion sense is something that never fails to delight. We will be forever grateful to you for showing us the merits of rocking a visible bra in your twenties and for breaking the internet with your boobs.
![JK Rowling](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b75a/2793/bc18/0747/6869/GettyImages-1061228900.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
JK Rowling
JK Rowling has won every award going for her work and used her influence to help countless philanthropic causes. She's also the queen of a good Piers Morgan Twitter put-down and has the worlds most adorable dog.
![Monica Belucci](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b7b0/2793/bc18/0747/6873/GettyImages-1069460606.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Monica Belucci
Daniel Craig and the world alike are calling for the 54 year old to reprise a role as a Bond Girl because, well, bluntly put: we're obsessed.
![Michelle Obama](https://images.bauerhosting.com/legacy/media/5c34/b8c9/2793/bc18/0747/6881/GettyImages-1072876006.jpg?auto=format&w=1440&q=80)
Michelle Obama
From her flawless skin, her post-white house fashion decisions to wear glowing thigh-high Balenciaga boots to be interviewed by Sarah Jessica Parker... in our eyes Michelle Obama can do no wrong.