I think it's that the grey hair says something about their maturity and experience, just as the commercials suggest! My husband has a bit of grey hair and I find it attractive on him (and he's only two years older than me! ).
I've heard the same reasons about maturity and experience as well. What they don't give thought to are the levels of stress in our lives that helped create those grey hairs.
Maybe it has same effect as that Blonde Hair on Women.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.