Justin Bieber's Boomer Beliebers--Adult Women Are The New JB Fans

Justin Bieber has a new rapidly growing fan base--adult women. Just like their tween and teenage counterparts, the new beliebers just can't get enough of their idol, despite the fact that most of them are 2 1/2 to 3 times his age. That's not a misprint. Two and a half to three times his age. Of course, adult women have been known to succumb to Bieber fever before. And some of them were famous. But unlike 23-year-old actress Evan Rachel Wood, who has publicly called the Teen Dream her secret crush, and has even copied his new hairdo, the new beliebers' average ages range from 40 to late fifty-something. In fact, this new group of JB admirers has been dubbed the Boomer Beliebers. Cute.

Reportedly, more than 3/4 of all Justin Bieber fans can be divided into 2 groups: under 17 and over 40. Unbeliebably enough, the over 40 group accounts for 21 percent of all Bieber devotees. Interestingly, many of the over 40-year-old beliebers discovered JB through their daughters or granddaughters. A 48-year-old woman named Marlys, for example, listens to her favorite JB song, Overboard, on her 14-year-old daughter, Maddie's iPod while she works out. She also loves dancing to his music. She claims she admires his strong family values. A similar Boomer Belieber named Grace, age 54, got turned on to the Never Say Never guy when she bought her 8-year-old granddaughter one of his CDs. Grace thinks of the Biebs as "a young Donny Osmond—the cutest little guy." O.K.

So why are "females two to three generations apart" becoming obsessed with the same teenage pop star? Apparently, there's an answer to that too. A scientific one.

According to Dr. Tony Little, the culprit is estrogen. Prepubescent girls have low estrogen. Ditto for menopausal or post menopausal women. Unlike women in their later teens, twenties, and thirties, whose higher estrogen levels cause them to be attracted to masculine-looking men, females with low estrogen levels prefer men with "more feminine faces." Hence, both the tween and boomer beliebers are turned on by Justin Bieber's "boyish looks."

Source: Celebs.Gather / Edited: Beliebers United