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JadowArcadia t1_ja2jfip wrote

Reply to comment by turdusphilomelos in Madonna 1980s by steroidamoeba

I mean why would you expect to be treated as something you no longer are though? Why feel the need to be hot or attractive well into old age? Why try and compete with women half your age? I really don't think it's as "damned if you do, damned if you dont" as people say. It's just that nobody likes getting old and dropping out of the limelight after getting all this attention for so long. It's part of life. Madonna could easily have followed Betty Whites vibe and accepted that she's no longer a 20 year old with sex appeal. That's how you get forgotten. When you keep trying to sell something you no longer have. Madonna seems to put her looks far before her music despite her music being the thing that would really keep her in the limelight.

I also think your "double punishment" theory is being used to specifically highlight women when what you've said clearly applies to the vast majority of people. We know less attractive people are treated worse than attractive people and we know people look down on people who "try too hard". And the older we get the harder we have to try which is why older people who accept where they are in life and don't try so hard end up being percieved as cooler.

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