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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pakistani American here.

White American women generally are expected to look "sexy" well into their older years. There is no other alternative for them in society as they age. Obviously their bodies age and the only thing they can think of to stop the hands of time is to work out so much so that they retain their 00 figures from their twenties. This doesn' make them look young but its better in their POV than the alternative.

In other cultures women also have the pressure to look young but it usually stops after marriage and kids. [b]Once middle age sets in, women happily embrace the role of the matriarch of the family and don't go out of their way to compete with their 22 year old daughters.[/b]

In America a woman must perpetually look nubile and 22.

[b]Or else theyre invisible.[/b] [/quote]

50 yo white woman here. ITA. While I have no desire to compete with 20 year olds, it is so true that in the US, women are invisible once they hit middle age. Our culture dosn't have an honored matriarchal role, we are expected to maintain our careers (and the workplace is rife with ageism) and our looks. No one wants to feel invisible or irrelevant when they are healthy, active, vibrant and beautiful. It stinks. So yes, I stay thin, I look great, and I don't resent the effort it takes, but I wish women had more options.[/quote]

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