Is 30 the new 40? My article on female ageing, the cult of youth & FEELING INVISIBLE!

 

Sunday Telegraph, 6th October 2013

Maybe it first hits you in the changing-room when you don’t recognise the tired-looking woman in the mirror, and then realise it’s you; or the first time you walk past a construction site and can’t raise a friendly leer from the builders, let alone a wolf-whistle. Recently I ran past some builders in my shorts and vest; they didn’t bat an eyelid. I felt invisible. Not that I want to be heckled, but it’s nice to be seen, to feel that people are enjoying the view. You notice when it stops. As a woman, this is what ageing means...

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10349665/Why-the-cult-of-youth-is-making-women-in-their-thirties-feel-past-it.html?fb