but one thing remains constant across time, youth is beauty, and if you don’t have youth, you lose your beauty. Pressure to stay young has been booming but it’s not a new phenomenon. The Old Hag, The Helpless Victim, and the Self-RighteousMost of the trope listed above doesn’t even cover the complete list of how older women are being shown. There are some shows that worked to show how older women can still be strong, funny, and independent whose age does not define them. We need to change the way we think and how we approach older women.
