Say Hello To The W.H.I.P.s *

These women are rewriting the rules of attraction and getting quite the fan base.

- Bibi Lynch And Sarah Holmes

They’re women at the top of their game – smart, successful, beautiful and clever. no wonder younger men are falling over themselves to date a modern middle-ager. 

Dubbed the WHIPs – that’s Women who are Hot, Intelligent and in their Prime – these women don’t confirm to the predatory cougar stereotype. In fact, far from seeking out younger lovers, they’re the ones being pursued.

But what’s their secret? Here, Woman speaks to Bibi Lynch, the writer who coined the phrase, to find out what it’s really like to be part of this new tribe...

‘I became a man magnet at 50’

Bibi Lynch, 51, is a writer from London Well, who’d have thought I’d be in an Apple Store praying to Steve Jobs that my laptop was unfixable? For the last image as my screen died was a beautifully obscene selfie sent by a beautifully obscene young man. I didn’t need that popping up in front of Genius Darren.