'Launched myself': why women are still condemned for disease and aging
'01.12.2020'
Source: LADY.TUT.BY
Column author on LADY.TUT.BY I saw a very unpleasant material about how the once brilliant Linda Evangelista has grown ugly so that even the most devoted fans will not recognize her.
Later it turned out that the former top model had serious problems with the thyroid gland, depression, she was undergoing difficult treatment, which most likely affected her appearance.
But people do not understand, people need aesthetics.
"Linda started herself," they shake their heads.
Poor Linda: even if she wanted to, she would not be able to answer every MaryVanna that these are all pills. And that when it comes to medications, you have no time for extra pounds. As my friend, to whom I complain that the weight is slowly but surely growing from the drugs: "Why should you be thin if you cannot get out of bed without pills?"
And even if we drop this aspect, Linda Evangelista looks completely normal. An ordinary 55-year-old woman. But only no one expects a woman (especially of such a level as the Evangelist) that she will look her age. There is no way for us to get rid of this terrible stereotype that a woman must, must, have to lie down with bones, but look younger than the numbers indicated in the passport.
“You look ten years younger” is the best compliment that can happen to a woman from twenty-five. And if your son is mistaken for a brother, you cannot even dream of more. And it’s very difficult to get rid of yourself.
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When I was writing about the impunity of domestic violence, I watched several talk shows dedicated to this topic, in particular about Marat Basharov and Alexander Serov.
So, in one of the programs they showed Serov's former classmate, with whom he was in love during his school years. And all those present fell from laughter. Look, old lady. Yes, old lady.
And what should a woman look like at sixty-seven years old, and even living life in a remote village? Does her image make her laugh when compared with Serov?
Yes, of course, these are not twenty-year-old girls who are so greedy for elderly artists. And what is even more revealing, no one amuses what Serov himself looks like. And no one says that he has let himself go - he has gotten rid of himself there, for example. After all, only a woman should grow old beautifully, but he lived - and thanks for that.
What determines how we age at all? Heredity is of great importance. As you know, there are several types of aging. And finely wrinkled - this is exactly what is called "aging beautifully", when there are many, many small wrinkles, but on the whole everything is ok, nothing has crawled, and the face is not glass in the neckline. But not everyone is so lucky. It is more likely that for us, Slavs, the second chin and bags under the eyes will come out, the upper eyelids will hang, pronounced nasolabial folds and ptosis will appear.
Of course, a lifestyle is also important, which directly depends on our financial capabilities and, accordingly, nutrition, rest and regular professional cosmetic care.
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Total: if you are not very lucky with heredity, you are not a millionaire, and even have to take some unpleasant medications, which will give you a lot of weight and edema, then your fate is a foregone conclusion and you will not be able to age beautifully.
But there is nothing wrong with that. Absolutely.
Women have already done a lot to make this incredible stress associated with the natural aging process a thing of the past. It is impossible not to notice that there are more and more women on the streets who do not spend time and effort painting gray hair. That in advertising campaigns and on the catwalks there are more and more models over 60. And that a huge number of women refuse to conform to other people's ideas about how they should in order to live the way they want.
And you know what? Doing it right. It is in our interest to break all the stereotypes and fears of aging to smithereens, because each of us, if we are lucky, will become an old woman.
Is it really so important with how many wrinkles and in what weight we come to this age? And is beauty really worth sacrifices like morning coffee donuts?
Moreover, we see on the example of stars who are fond of plasticity, which leads to the desire to preserve beauty and youth at any cost. And this attitude towards yourself is really scary.
Original column published on the blog. LADY.TUT.BY
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