Do women find it challenging to date a guy who’s much younger, or is it just society that makes age gaps feel awkward?

I always preferred older, even when I was younger. I never found it appealing or ever considered someone younger or even the same age as me, even if we were the same age and my birthday was first and I was a few months older, it was just a turn off for me. I viewed it as a child looking for a mother figure or who had mommy issues.