September 28, 2025
Beyond the Silver Fox: Men, Admiration and the Myth of Expiry
We admire Ford, De Niro and Clooney for ageing with presence, but ordinary men are too often treated as if they have expired. This article explores the myth of male invisibility, from magazine covers to the workplace, and calls for a new narrative that recognises age in men as wisdom, relevance and presence.
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You Didn’t Get Ghosted. You Got Filtered Out by a Machine.
Ghosting in hiring is now systematic and automated, quietly erasing experienced talent. Algorithms filter out candidates before a human sees a CV, hitting older professionals hardest. It's time to demand fairness, transparency, and real human accountability in hiring.
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We're not invisible. You just can't see past the stereotypes.
Society tells women over 50 to fade quietly, but the truth is we're only getting stronger. From fashion 'rules' we never agreed to - to the lazy cliches of TV and advertising, ageism tries to make us irrelevant. But experience is power. We are not stepping aside - we're taking up the space we have earned.
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