This statement pretty much sums up the entire article. These women have been living in make-believe for so long that they don't understand reality. Reality is that movies are successful because people like to see them. Men like to see movies that feature women who are attractive. If these women are no longer the most attractive, then they are going to have fewer parts.
Here's an analogy. There are plenty of professional athletes who would still like to make their living as athletes even when they are past 40. Why don't more teams keep these guys on the roster? Teams drop older players because those players don't play as well as their younger competitors. A team made entirely of older men would lose most games, and no one wants their team to be a loser.
Another reality is that there are parts for older women, but they are different parts from those that these women are used to playing. I'm sorry that these women are having problems dealing with this fact, but that's part of the business that they've chosen.
Most of these actresses made more in their 30's than most people would make in two or three lifetimes. Their complaining about not getting so many parts is petty and ugly. It's funny how they complain about the injustice of it today but they didn't give it a second thought fifteen years ago when their youth and beauty is what gave them their big breaks in the business. It's time for them to shut up and grow up.
Not a good analogy. Sports doesn't have anything to do with looks. If a woman loses her acting ability after 40, she should get out of the business.