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.”
I knew I had reached old age when a girl in her late twenties who was thinking of buying a house from me told someone she had talked to an older, overweight gentleman.
“Thank the National Organization of Women...”
The left will have their way, and eventually be left out...thing how many of these have-been leftist b...h’s look more and more like Helen Thomas...
Last Labor Day weekend I was at a 60th high school reunion...several of my female classmates turned my head that weekend...and I thought, where the hell was I 60 years ago...not to notice then... :)
Creeped by breasts like coconut halves? Ah, come on...you are having us on, our FRiend!
I think I need to change the subject...
Women expect something different?
Hit the gym, quit whining "I can't help it, I had kids...."
I still feel young inside.
once in a while during the rare times I am out with a buddy i’ll nudge him to check out that hot girl.
Then I get reminded that in 46, not 26.
Ugh
life is a cruel joke.....
ROFLMAO!
Life BEGINS at 50! Your children are raised and off on their own, you’ve shed their father by now, (who has had his ‘mid-life crisis’ and done you the FAVOR of running off with someone else; he’s HER problem now, LOL!) you’re in your peak earning years, you’ve found the man you WANT to grow old with and you can pretty much LAUGH at the author of this piece of TRIPE!
That is all. :)
So they can't use their bodies and good looks anymore to leverage resources, so now what? A government program?
I call BS.
Today is my 23 wedding anniversary and neither of us are under fifty nor or we the fit cut figures of youth and vigor. I love my bride more today than I did the day ee married.
Society does not value age and experience which is sad.
One day it occurred to me “If I can feel her, she’s got to feel me.” It livened up my life a bit.
My innocence probably saved me, though. My brother is a 59 year old flight attendant, still single, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him with a woman much over 30. His current girlfriend is 29 and apparently it’s pretty serious.
To me they are kids the same age as my daughters.
Yes.
Awwwwwwww. That's how two thirds of men feel their whole life.
That is strange for Kentucky since coconut's are native from there. Shivved oil filters? Sure, coconut's...Strange man.
(sadly however, you seem to have let that vignette fish slip the hook d:^)
There was a Doonesbury comic strip on that topic.
>Anyway, the reason I bring it up: She leaned against me to see the pictures on the back of my camera and they felt like a couple of coconut halves.
Really creepy.<
Hmmm..., put me in touch with her. I’ll have her do the same thing to me and let you know how creepy it was....
UM....where do YOU and your friends hang out?
Oh yea, Wisconsin duh....
I was in a store a while back buying some milk and this HOT lady in her fifties reached in the case and got 2% milk. I said “You’re a perfect advertisement for that.”
As I picked up the whole milk she smiled and said “Thank you. I see you like the real stuff, the kind that’ll get you in trouble.”
I said something like “Yeah, a lot of things get me in trouble.”
She said “Sometimes trouble can be fun.”
I said something stupid and walked away.
I get in the car and tell my wife what happened. She explained to me that the woman took my comment as flirting and the woman was flirting back. Sadly, there was a time when she wouldn’t have had to explain that to me. I’m losing my touch. No, I’ve already lost my touch.
I'm guessing that's his way of saying they were plastic boobs.
You got that right.
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