Trauma of ageing women

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.

1. 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.

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

1. Human ageing
2. Dissatisfaction with personal image

1. Menopause

1. Unnecessary cosmetic surgery
2. Social withdrawal of aged
3. Social isolation of women at home

1. Uterovaginal prolapse
2. Unmeaningful social roles for the aged
3. Sexual inadequacy in the elderly
4. Obsession with personal attractiveness
5. Loss of decorum
6. Fear of growing old
7. Elimination of the socio-cultural role of western women
8. Discrimination against women at retirement age
9. Discrimination against unmarried women
10. Cult of youth
11. Ageism