Thank you! ~ I don't know about the provable link, but certainly the double standard is riding shotgun on the idea - older men (who can of course still father children well past the age that women can gestate them) are far more often seen as sexy and virile into their sixties and beyond, while randy older women more often than not seem to be viewed more negatively.
You're not the first person who's told me that they like the Doctor's comment about the mirror. :)
ETA: Although now that you've pointed it out, I'm chewing my nails and thinking I ought to remove the reference to menopause, because I certainly didn't intend to send the message you got. (Thirty-nine would be perimenopause anyhow. ~ Not to mention that I didn't want jenny to come across like a shallow flibbertigibbet.)
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Date: 2012-05-10 01:43 am (UTC)You're not the first person who's told me that they like the Doctor's comment about the mirror. :)
ETA: Although now that you've pointed it out, I'm chewing my nails and thinking I ought to remove the reference to menopause, because I certainly didn't intend to send the message you got. (Thirty-nine would be perimenopause anyhow. ~ Not to mention that I didn't want jenny to come across like a shallow flibbertigibbet.)