Why do Baby Boomers, who burned their bras and fought for women's equality, accept being marginalized in their 50s and 60s?
Why does age shame drive them to lift faces, chests and behinds, inject themselves with Botox and collagen, squeeze like sausages into shape wear and throw money into countless anti-aging products?
The feminists who ushered in the birth control pill and campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment are -gradually making facelifts and liposuction as expected as makeup, heels and hair dye. We thought we freed ourselves from corsets and girdles, but now we're just replacing them through shapers, scalpels and stitches.
Rational people know that, as time passes, we either age or die. The lucky ones are the aged. So why does our society demean old women who have survived and gained wisdom? Eastern cultures- revere them.
