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Ageism In The Three Ladies

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In the movie, I am going to discuss in my paper. The ageism in the three ladies Elise, Brenda, Annie, as they come together to take their husband down, for the crimes they done in the past. The mid-life crisis that Elise was going through. She was trying to make herself look young again. She didn’t like the way she was looking as she got older. Their friend Cynthia Swann committed suicide because she felt alone, and continuity theory is about how they haven’t changed in any of their traits as they got older throughout the years. Section A Elise, Brenda and Annie come up with a plan to take down their ex-husbands Aaron, Morty and Bill. Their group name was called “the first wives club”. Their ex-husband left them for someone younger and seems as if they're lives were great and ruin them. Elise finds out her ex was dating a 16 who he thought was 21 and …show more content…

Middle-aged adults continues to make choices by their existing structures or by using strategies they used in their past experiences. (Atchley, Robert C. PhD (1989) we become more of what we are already when we are younger. Some traits may change, but the majority of the time it isn’t so much of a change. After their dear friend Cynthia Swann died. The 3 ladies when to lunch. They have been away from each other for 20 years. Annie and Brenda asks Elise how she hasn’t changed one bit in 20 years. Brenda asks Elise what she has done to keep herself looking young. Brenda is curious about Elise lips and asked if they're waxed. Elise says “I work out every day, I watch my diet. I have not had plastic surgery.” Moments later she finally admits she had been freshened up a little bit. (Wilson, 1996). Sometimes when we focus on the individual role of external social, economic, historical and political factors that influences the aging process is overlooked. (Hooyman, N. R., Kawamoto, K. Y., & Kiyak, H. A.

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