Posted on 04/06/2014 7:30:19 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
Women feel invisible to the opposite sex at the age of 51, it emerged yesterday.
A detailed study of 2,000 women revealed a large percentage felt they no longer received the level of attention they once did after hitting 51.
Many even went as far as to admit they felt ‘ignored’.
The women claimed their confidence plummeted after hitting 50 and blamed greying hair, having to to wear glasses or even struggling to find fashionable clothes.
The lifestyle study, commissioned by herbal remedies company, A.Vogel, also found more than two thirds of women over 45 had walked into a room and felt ‘completely unnoticed’ by the opposite sex.
More than half said they felt ‘left on the shelf’ and that they’d been ‘judged negatively’ because of their age.
Health expert Eileen Durward, who provides advice and support to women through the A.Vogel website and helpline, said: ”The results show a worrying decline in confidence and self-worth in women when faced with the prospect of growing older.
”The world can feel very geared toward appreciating younger women, leaving those of a certain age to feel neglected or less worthy.
“These women are not invisible and neither are their concerns.
”They are often the driving engine behind many a family, juggling careers, looking after older relatives and bringing up children.
”All the while dealing with the ageing process and changes brought on by the menopause.
”They need to be supported, not made to feel washed up.”
The study also found just 15 per cent of women over 45 could claim they had high or very high confidence while, sadly, nearly half described themselves as not very confident at all.
The biggest reason for a decline in self-belief was the feeling that their image had deteriorated.
A dejected four in ten said not getting attention from men like they used to was a factor, more than half had felt intimidated by the presence of younger women at a social event.
A concerned six in ten of the 2,000 studied felt modern life is geared toward a focus on younger women while 46 per cent thought that a lot of what older women go through wasn’t seen or spoken about.
The research also examined the effect the menopause has on women’s confidence as they age.
The results showed around one in five who had experienced menopausal symptoms had difficulty in finding answers to the questions they had about the changes they were facing.
In fact, only 13 per cent felt women were well supported in the lead up to the menopause.
The research, which also involved 500 men, showed many have a ‘head in the sand’ approach to the menopause.
Eileen Durward, who is also an expert on menopause, added: ”Women need to know they are not alone and there are things they can do to help themselves.
“Hot flushes are a good example of something that can have a real impact on confidence, especially in social situations or at work.
”Many women don’t realise that simple steps, like breathing slowly or taking a herbal remedy containing sage, can provide relief.”
Screw it. We had our day and it was a blast. No regrets, its the young kids time now. I’m an old man now and raising young kids. Nothing I ever did in life compares to this.Nothing.
is there not one thing women feel, that isn’t a guy’s fault?!?! just dammit.
They always screamed that when I would grab them in the grocery store. . .
Sorry ,sarc>
Man, I’m getting old. A fifty year old woman is a young hottie in my eyes..................................... Ditto on that! They have a sexual re awakening at around 55 too, then they become hotter and more expressive. In their 60’s they really surprise you!!! ;o) Gotta go, she wants it now. :o)
Those hot flushes get me every time.
when the last man dies.
they will still blame the guys for leaving them by dying.
Women need men like fish need bicycles” ................ Gloria was wrong, Fish need accordions!!
they = men.
LOL
so women are unhappy that at 51 they feel like most guys do with women, all the time.
guess they don’t enjoy equal treatment.
Beauty is a projection of self love
The ability to love and be loved
The people who foster attention to externals will
Soon enough be found to be empty as. A tomb.
She just wanted more bologna samiches.
Well, my wife noticed me some 26 years ago. I’m sticking with what works!!!
Who ever said that hasn't been a (professional, reasonably in shape, with a nice car) recently single 40 year old male.
I had far more luck with the ladies at 40 that I had at 20 and I wasn't an ugly duckling that improved with age. A single professional who is in reasonably good physical, mental, and financial shape, who makes a modicum of effort isn't going to have a hard time finding dates. Finding someone to share your life with is a different story...but that isn't what this article is about. I think a prior post summed it up brilliantly...
"Why do old fish suddenly care what bicycles think of them"
I don’t have any of those problems, I am the delight of all men who see me/meet me, the center of attention when I enter a room, and I’m running for Miss America when I’m 100 - only 20 more years to go.
Who said that?
Which planet is it where Dave Barry has observed men in their 50s looking like Sean Connery? It certainly hasn’t been true anywhere in the world that I’ve lived. Entirely too many of them have pudgy breasts and are paunchy in the midsection. Some have large, aggressive bellies that menace anyone walking in the opposite direction. Hair, when they have it, can be frizzy, poorly groomed. There might also be hairy structures emerging from back collars, through the nostrils, out the ears and so on.
Especially about those who seem hell-bent on becoming zaftig women as the testosterone drops, I have to ask, how can these schlubs have, without the tasks of bearing children, developed such guts? A woman with a belly might have borne a few children. What is any man’s excuse?
Well heck, I’ve felt invisible to wommink all my life.
Have no idea.
You are the second one to say that. I had a feeling lots of men can probably identify with this.
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