Helps women break through the tired and hurtful stereotypes of aging
to better reflect who they are, how they live, and what they want as
they age. Who hasn’t heard the stereotypes about women of a "certain
age?” That’s the age when women become invisible, irrelevant,
undesirable, asexual, unhinged, dried-up, hormonal messes. It’s when
women quickly slide into fragility and become forgetful, passive,
weak, feeble, debilitated, disabled, dependent, and depressed. Or so
the story goes. Not only are those outdated narratives sexist and
ageist, they are also damaging to women’s physical, emotional,
financial, romantic, and sexual health. It’s time to change them. In
Not Too Old for That, Vicki Larson helps change the narrative about
being a woman at midlife and older. She questions what we’ve been
told aging would be like and encourages us to instead ask ourselves,
what do we want it to be like, and how can we get there? The key is to
be curious, open-minded, and intentional about the ways we are
becoming our future selves.We have an opportunity to create new
narratives of aging as a woman, ones that value women at all stages of
life, not just youth, and it starts with us. Once the stereotypes that
have held women back are broken down, women can move past them and
rather than feel helpless as the years add up, they can discover and
tap into just how much agency they have. Not only will this book help
to create a less-ageist, less-sexist, more-inclusive future, it will
release our daughters and all young women from a similar future.
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How Women Are Changing the Story of Aging
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781538155622
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter