Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
Red lipstick, the color of blood on a white T-shirt, was my mom’s favorite. She rarely wore makeup in general, but lipstick was an exception. Whenever she left the boundaries of the farm she’d pull the silver tube from her purse and swipe on a layer of waxy red beauty. It was her touchstone to womanliness in a field of… Read More
“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.†– Bethany Hamilton, surfer My husband thrust the Minneapolis Star Tribune in my face and suggested I read Chip Scoggins article. I was so onto him. He knows I rarely read the sports page, but since he was in the… Read More
Female Sexual Dysfunction, Technology, and Older Women’s Self-Esteem Erosion “Some guys assume that they made this one girl orgasm by doing this one thing and now they do it to every woman they get with. If it doesn’t work on you, then something about you must be broken.” Author: Roberto Hogue Physical and Sexual Insecurities In the United States, cultural… Read More
“I find my emotions are way more accessible than they were when I was younger and I’ve come to feel it has to do with age. I have become so wonderfully, terribly aware of time, of how little of it I have left; how much of it is behind me, and everything becomes so precious. With age, I am able… Read More
“I am a daughter, a wife, a businesswoman, a mom, but not a nurse†Margaret “Pook†Grathwol, Attorney, Chestnut Cambronne PA, talking about caregiving aging parents Is it true? Boomer women turn ordinary, age-old, situations into named things as if we invented them? Let Me Explain The ballroom was gorgeous, inviting, and dark-wood classy. I like those things in a… Read More
“So I’m licking jelly off my boyfriend and all of a sudden, I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, I’m turning into my mother.’” –Sarah Silverman Sexual Equality Baby Boomer and other older women are experiencing their postmenopausal years with a confusing accumulation of social dictates. For decades, they have been patriarchally conditioned on the definition of a sexually appropriate woman. For… Read More
