• Most men experience getting older with regret, apprehension. But most women experience it even more painfully: with shame. Aging is a man's destiny, something that must happen because he is a human being. For a woman, aging is not only her destiny . . . it is also her vulnerability.

    Susan Sontag: Most men experience getting older with regret, apprehension.  But most women experience it even more painfully:  with shame.  Aging is a man's destiny, something that must happen because he is a human being.  For a woman, aging  is not only her destiny . . . it is also her vulnerability.