Blog #8

Media plays a lot of role in how women perceive aging and the side effects that women face. young women ideas about aging has been modified by what they see and hear in the media. Some culture might consider aging and menopause to be a graceful change in a woman's life while other culture might consider menopause and aging to be a bad change because of the effects that it brings about. Women are affected by menopause differently and should not always rely on what the media thinks. The best way is to talk to your physician and find out all you can about menopause in order to prepare one's self. I feel that aging is suppose to be graceful and appreciated because not everyone experience that aspect of life. As an individual we should learn to love ourselves and acknowledge that aging is part of life. The way we take care of our body when we are young, shows when we start to age. We should eat healthy and engage in physical activities to limit problems that affects older women. Aging is part of life and if we could love how we look and stop trying to change ourselves by doing surgery or botox then society will view us differently.