Are These My Hands Now? Aging and Me seeks to commiserate, educate, and motivate women to make choices about how they will feel and act as they age.
Inspired by real experiences, the vignettes reflect the unique ways in which aging impacts women differently than men. They speak for and to other women to illuminate shared obstacles and opportunities, and to let kindred spirits know they are not alone.
Aging isn't easy on anyone, but it's more challenging for women, in all walks of life, than men. Intimately connected with the loss of attractiveness, women grow "invisible" as ageism and sexism collide. The perceived loss of power and beauty, two key levers in American society, devalues women, consequently creating an unjust disadvantage.
The only way to deal with these unstoppable changes is to choose how we age. Women can lament or rejoice, stagnate or grow, submit or prevail. If women are to feel more positive about our aging process, then we need to think differently about it. Recognizing that aging is merely another aspect of living, of being human, can be liberating.
Witty, candid, and reflective, Are These My Hands Now? seeks to help the reader:
- Adopt a new mindset for aging
- Cultivate self-awareness and reveal your biases
- Explore the power of choice
- Envision the future
