'Our sweetheart Kianya marries': why Runet women condemn Keanu Reeves' choice
'25.11.2019'
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Fans of 55-year-old Keanu Reeves around the world are vigorously discussing his alleged romance with 46-year-old artist Alexandra Grant. Columnist "Home Hearth"Olga Karchevskaya discusses what social processes reflects the reaction of Runet to this union.
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Keanu Reeves, in addition to being Neo and John Wick, most people associate with some kind of supernatural eternal youth and loneliness. After the death of his girlfriend, who had lost shortly before this their common child in the ninth month of pregnancy, Reeves did not start a relationship for a long time, and became the hero of many sad memes. And then, suddenly, he appears in the light by the hand with his longtime girlfriend who illustrated his book - it seems that many years of friendship have grown into something more. In the English-speaking segment of the Internet, the average reaction to this event is more likely equal to the formula “If Keanu is happy, then I am also happy”, while in the Russian-language segment they mainly discuss what kind of “old” and “scary” girlfriend such a wonderful Hollywood handsome man has. Women exclaim: “I should have been in her place!”, Men sympathize with Reeves, who has to meet with “grandmother”.
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Dare to look at your age
It is terribly indignant to the Russian man that the famous actor meets with a woman only miserable 9 years younger than herself (and not with a young supermodel), and that this woman in 46 years does not do anything to look younger - whether she painted over gray hair, then whether she painted in gray color at all (went crazy in general), didn’t inject anything into her face in order to smooth it out - in general, she completely lost control.
Wonderzine writes in an article about the perception of gray hair as a sign of aging: “Such a seemingly natural feature of appearance is still, if not the subject of public censure, then at least a cause for debate. The links that can be found for the query “gray hair” contain a frightening set of words: “treatment”, “diagnosis”, “symptoms” - while changes in hair pigmentation are neither a violation, nor, moreover, a disease. Melanin deficiency occurs with age in most people in the world. There are many factors, primarily genetic and endocrine, so early gray hair is also not uncommon. In this case, she still associates mainly with aging - and this is no longer just a mistake, but a manifestation of ageism, which women feel especially acutely. ”
In Russia, where women should immediately pull it out when it detects a single gray hair before anyone sees it, the youth fashion for dyeing hair “under the gray hair” is a good way to rebel against public foundations. The requirement not to have gray hair, of course, applies only to women. Society of a man of any age with a gray strand will calmly endure. The same applies to any age-related changes - a woman should not have facial wrinkles, even if they arise from a smile - you need to tighten, stick, insert threads, apply anti-aging cream, in general, do anything so that no one guesses how old you really are . “The oval of the face swam” - because the woman gave birth, takes oral contraceptives or antidepressants, or has recovered for any other reason - something must be resolved with the oval of the face. It is indecent for women in Russia to grow old, just like simply growing up.
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Ageism as a manifestation of sexism
The headlines of the Russian media on this topic: “Non-standard, strange and unexpectedly old”, “The new girl Keanu Reeves shocked fans” and many others like them.
The odious blogger Lena Miro wrote: “All scary women have a holiday today! And on their street, perhaps, a truck with a present rolled over. The famous handsome actor Keanu Reeves showed his woman - artist Alexandra Grant. Woman - just do not be surprised - only 46 years. She looks on all 60. Reeves has been meeting with Alexandra for a long time, and now he has decided, has gathered his courage and brought his grandmother to the light to show it to everyone.
And what is possible, too - women who do not take care of themselves were delighted. And what, with such a texture can you take a Hollywood star? Hold by the handle, show and not burn with shame at the same time? Well, as you can see - yes, you can. "
This is perhaps the quintessence of what most people in the post-Soviet space thought about Beloved Keanu. It is very characteristic that in the English-speaking space, most people praise Keanu for going against the mainstream and not having an unequal relationship with some young “cover girl”, as most male Hollywood stars do (as if it were some kind of then a separate type of feat). At the same time, Alexandra Grant has a completely conventionally beautiful figure (I can imagine the power of the hat if it were, say, several sizes wider).
Pierce Brosnan’s wife, for example, has a much more portly figure, and in approximately the same way in the English-language segment of social networks, he often receives praises for being faithful to his wife who has recovered after giving birth (as if this, again, was a feat), and in the Russian-speaking people Brosnan is mostly perplexed and pitying, because he could afford a much more fit woman who meets the standards of the “James Bond girl,” but is content with what he has (the rich have their own quirks).
All the fault of Alexandra Grant that she does not resort to the practice of rejuvenation and allows herself to look exactly so as to please herself. If a woman who is next to an enviable groom allows time to leave any marks on her face, then she immediately “looks at 60”, because in 46 it is supposed to look maximum on 30. Such an attitude is nothing more than ageism (discrimination based on age) and we apply ageism exclusively to women: a man does not deteriorate with age, as you know, this is the age of the Indian short-lived (no).
But sooner or later this trouble will subside, and women will understand that the beauty industry is pushing too much for them, simultaneously pushing in neurosis. Age is not something shameful, age is simply there, it is completely neutral. Fall in love with a personality, and not with the parameters of appearance, and to define oneself through a relationship with a man is the century before last. The sooner our women realize that they have the right to any age and any appearance, can be loved with any age and any appearance, or simply be in a successful relationship with themselves, the freer and happier they will feel.
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