What would female undergrads see in a fifty year old professor?

[dlb]

It's not that fifty year old men don't enjoy being greeted with smiles, even hugs and pecks on the cheek, by early twenties and barely legal cuties, but I wonder why they would want to be facebook friends, chat on fb, drop by said prof's office just to say hello or make small talk and ask permission to attend his lectures when they aren't even in the same department.
Any thoughts?

[RedRoses]

He looks cute? He looks more "manly" than all the 20-year-old boys? He shares life-experience instead of stories about his new x-box? He talks in a way they can relate to, which makes him feel like "one of them"? His bodylanguage is inviting? The girls don't even realize they're actually flirting with him and sending signals (at the such age; not uncommon)? Just a few thoughts of the top of my head

Asking permission to attend lectures would be the least of surprises; it most logically means he tells a great story.

Replace "he" with "you" whenever desired

[EvilEvilKitten]

Okay - to such youngsters - he's "the real thing" - a full-grown MAN and there's also a bit of the submissive going on in their Bad girl fantasies - plus "dangerous" - she could get in trouble if 'found out'.

It is all about crossing boundaries, hun.

[Brandye]

Then we have the matters of grades, recommendations, contacts, perceived reputation enhancement. These things in a mentoring relationship have a way of wearing off. But then, there is next year with a new set moving into classes.

[dlb]

Ladies,
These are all logical suggestions and worthy of consideration. At 35 it's a little different. You're still a younger,"cooler" faculty member and don't have kids the age of the students. It's more to be expected. Fifteen years, many grey whiskers, a few grey hairs and 4-5 kilos later it is rather surprising, but not the sort of thing one looses sleep over.
"Bad girl fantasies" Evil Evil Kitten. Well yes. That's obvious. Submissive? I am not so sure about that. Would baking a birthday cake for the child of someone who isn't even your teacher and having to be practically coerced into accepting payment be considered submissive?
Brandye, not grades. This behavior rarely happens with my own female students.
RedRoses your thoughts are the ones a fellow truly wants to believe. And when they flirt it's pretty shameless, especially the "bad girls."

[Barely18Guy]

Well you know, at least you're not in the bunch of guys thinking "30 years left to wait".

[RedRoses]

Why not believe it, dlb?

And btw; this may not always be as funny as it seems to teachers. Men should be careful what they wish for

[dlb]

Only wondering Red Roses, not wishing. Only wondering. I already have what I wished for.