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Is the Term “Aging Gracefully” Sexist? Julianne Moore and Others Think So

Many women are pissed off about the wording used to address aging. We can't change the fact that we age, but we can demand a change in thinking and vocabulary.

What does it mean to "age gracefully?" Oscar-winning Julianne Moore thinks it implies that there's a right and a wrong way to age, and that, she says, is a "totally sexist" problem.

Fuck "aging gracefully!"

"There's so much judgement inherent in the term 'aging gracefully,'" Moore, 60, told As If magazine. "Is there an ungraceful way to age? We don't have an option of course. No one has an option about aging, so it's not a positive or a negative thing, it just is."

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