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HOWEVER. How young and sheltered do you have to be to think that older women are ONLY teachers and mothers? How self-centered do you have to be to think that older women SHOULD all revolve their lives around the wants or “needs” of kids? (I know it’s natural and normal for young teens to be just THAT self-absorbed, but honestly, it’s not a good look on anyone, so stop it.)<ref>[http://ravenmorganleigh.tumblr.com/post/144557614520/ageism-in-fandom-too-old-to-fangirl Ageism in Fandom: Too Old to Fangirl?]</ref>}}

HOWEVER. How young and sheltered do you have to be to think that older women are ONLY teachers and mothers? How self-centered do you have to be to think that older women SHOULD all revolve their lives around the wants or “needs” of kids? (I know it’s natural and normal for young teens to be just THAT self-absorbed, but honestly, it’s not a good look on anyone, so stop it.)<ref>[http://ravenmorganleigh.tumblr.com/post/144557614520/ageism-in-fandom-too-old-to-fangirl Ageism in Fandom: Too Old to Fangirl?]</ref>}}

Others felt that the expectations of younger fans were rooted in outdated beliefs

Some felt that the expectations of younger fans were rooted in outdated beliefs

{{quotation2|one more thing, i can’t help but notice that a lot of tumblr’s popular ideas about what 30+-year-old women — and it’s almost always women — should be doing instead of having fun online seem to line up pretty closely with very conservative beliefs about what women’s options should be. especially that women should have children and that once they have children their lives should revolve around those children completely, with no time for breaks or hobbies or internet discussion or other selfish, frivolous, unmotherly activities. to be a mother or a woman old enough to be expected to be a mother is to be a specially regulated class of person, judged by her performance as a self-sacrificing caregiver and exemplar of chaste maturity.<ref>[https://enoughtohold.tumblr.com/post/166541699026/one-more-thing-i-cant-help-but-notice-that-a-lot one more thing, i can’t help but notice that a lot of tumblr’s popular ideas about what 30+-year-old women]</ref>}}

{{quotation2|one more thing, i can’t help but notice that a lot of tumblr’s popular ideas about what 30+-year-old women — and it’s almost always women — should be doing instead of having fun online seem to line up pretty closely with very conservative beliefs about what women’s options should be. especially that women should have children and that once they have children their lives should revolve around those children completely, with no time for breaks or hobbies or internet discussion or other selfish, frivolous, unmotherly activities. to be a mother or a woman old enough to be expected to be a mother is to be a specially regulated class of person, judged by her performance as a self-sacrificing caregiver and exemplar of chaste maturity.<ref>[https://enoughtohold.tumblr.com/post/166541699026/one-more-thing-i-cant-help-but-notice-that-a-lot one more thing, i can’t help but notice that a lot of tumblr’s popular ideas about what 30+-year-old women]</ref>}}

And that that segment of the population has wants and needs the same way they do, and that these wants and needs are not all that different from theirs, and that these wants and needs are equally valid and important.<ref>[http://uniwolfwerecorn.tumblr.com/post/164016322795/part-of-fandoms-blatant-ageism-might-also-stem Part of fandom’s blatant ageism]</ref>}}

And that that segment of the population has wants and needs the same way they do, and that these wants and needs are not all that different from theirs, and that these wants and needs are equally valid and important.<ref>[http://uniwolfwerecorn.tumblr.com/post/164016322795/part-of-fandoms-blatant-ageism-might-also-stem Part of fandom’s blatant ageism]</ref>}}

==You're middle aged and still have a tumblr?==

==You're middle aged and still have a tumblr?==