A major study of films and TV in 2024–2025 reveals a sharp "cliff" for female characters once they reach age 40.
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“The old(er) woman is doubly different, doubly degraded... she is visibly female and visibly aging...” Oxford Institute of Population Ageing · 2 years ago A major study of films and TV in