I dont think they can, cause men are usually thinking of nailing them at some point, whereas woman probably think that a lot but can be snidy in dealing with it.
I find that I can get on as mates with woman that are younger than me and older than me but, the ones around my age just seem to live in a different world and are too up them selves, either with a "mid life crisis" on hand or the "look at me, dont I look great" attitude which makes them look snobbish, easy, old wrinklies

Mind you I know not all of them are like that and I cant stereotype, but most of them seem to be
But, they certainly can be very strange at times and unreadable ......
Steve, your outlook and opinions make me laugh though cause at times it seems so true