Who are the middle-aged women of today? Some people would characterize us in a couple of words: “baby boomers.” As such, many of us have hit our stride. We are opinionated, vocal, and determined to make a difference, in our own lives, and in the greater world.
We are people first. We may be skinny, fat, gray-haired, or have dyed hair. We may be tall, short, ambitious, or inherently laid-back. We may be educated to a great degree, or we may have learned all that we needed to know, just by living a life and facing the daily challenges of doing so.
The television media sometimes portrays middle-aged women as being desperate to get a man, to the point that some are willing to scheme in any way possible to get one. Just watch a few episodes of “Desperate Housewives,” and you will see this theme repeated.
Other times, television shows present women characters who take their men for granted, hurling insults at them, and thinking nothing of doing that.
The truth of the matter is that no one can pigeonhole the “baby boomer” generation. We are somebody and we are nobody. We are achievers and we are ne’er do wells, and some of us are somewhere between the two extremes.
However, in looking around, it is very apparent that political leaders like Nancy Pelosi, and a would-be president, like Hillary Clinton, as well as other women who are so visible in the public eye, are all making the “stronger sex” sit up and take notice. And that, my friend, may not be such a bad thing.
Pat, still pondering what I want to be when I grow up
