Yes but I think they often need to be approached and flirted with first, because they have the same insecurities + likely a history of actually being shot down multiple times when trying to pursue.

There are plenty of middle-aged men who are alone/single because they have been through some ****, themselves, and now have the same feelings.. "I'm older, fatter, bald in front, etc" and don't try as much or at all anymore.

The creepers who expect to land 20-year-old hotties typically congregate on Craigslist so just avoid that place lol.