Plenty of women like assertive men. Plenty.

Since men tend to not wear badges identifying themselves as such, women have to go by appearances. Older men are more mature and are comfortable with who they are. Younger men are not.

So women (no matter what their age) looking for assertive men will likely be looking at someone older than them.

I don't know what you are like, but you will get plenty of women sniffing around you if you act confident enough to not want them sniffing around you.

Just a tip...