“There have been women who stumbled across Feministing randomly, through a bizarre Google search or something, and had no idea what feminism was. They thought it was something older women do, or bought into the hairy bra-burning man-hating stereotype 100 percent. Anything that deviates from that is very exciting for them.” MenHas BeensIdeasHateFeminismPercentExcitingBurningNo IdeaGoogleStereotypeBizarreBrasOlder WomenDeviateMan HatingGoogle SearchBurning Man Author:Jessica Valenti
“Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women.” DreamHollywoodFactoriesOlder Women Author:Amy Heckerling
“The nineteenth-century wave of feminism was started by older women who had been through the radicalizing experience of getting married and becoming the legal chattel of their husbands (or the equally radicalizing experience of not getting married and being treated as spinsters).” MarriageFeminismCenturyBecomingHusbandMarriedWaveTreatedNineteenth CenturyGetting MarriedOlder WomenSpinsters Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
“The Golden Girls certainly proved that there was a large audience for a show about older women.” ShowsGirlAudienceGoldenOlder WomenGolden Girls Author:Marlo Thomas
“It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.” MenGirlOddMovieOne WomanOlder Women Author:Carla Gugino
“I guess I am attracted to older women. I'm looking for a 40-something who has had her heart broken two or three hundred times. She's going to be fun!” HeartTwoThreeFunBrokenHundredHeart BrokeOlder Women Author:Bryan Callen
“I like to describe myself as a proudly visible member of the most invisible segments of our society - older women.” MembersInvisibleVisibleOur SocietyOlder WomenDescribe Myself Author:Cindy Gallop
“I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down.” WantedI RealizedSettlingAttractiveSettling DownOlder Women Author:Cindy Gallop