1. World problems
  2. Trauma of ageing women

Trauma of ageing women

  • Loss of sex appeal by women
  • Negative self-image of elderly women

Incidence

Among the early Franks in the Middle Ages, the fine for murdering a fertile women was three times that for murdering a man, but after menopause her value became negligible.

Claim

Women are enjoined to disguise their age and then ridiculed for doing so. Middle aged men are considered to be at their peak whereas their female peers are constrained to imitate their younger sisters.

Counter-claim

Surely men are not such superficial creatures as to be blind to the qualities of women their own age.

Broader

Human ageing
Presentable

Narrower

Menopause
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Aggravated by

Loss of decorum
Presentable
Ageism
Presentable
Cult of youth
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Subject
  • Individuation » Individuation
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Psychology » Imagery
  • Society » Elderly
  • Society » Women
  • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Nov 3, 2022