How women are judged

So......I can't remember where I heard this from, but it is so true - Women are juged first by what they look like and then what they say, and men are judged first by what they say and secondly by what they look like. For men, lines of aging on a face make them look distinguished and knowledgeable, those same lines for women make them look tired and old. It's easy for people to hate on the Jessica Simpsons and Paris Hiltons of the world, but the truth is, they are selling what American's believe and want to buy. Men who develop a craft such as songwriting and singing are admired for their talent and ambition, no matter what they look like. A woman on the other hand, is either smart and unattractive or gorgeous and dumb. And in this world, you are more likely to become wealthy and admired as a woman for being attractive and dumb than you are for being smart.
The truth is, men can marry a woman 15 years younger than them because of this double standard. If a 50 year old man is at a bar, he is going to bi-pass the 50 year old woman sitting next to him and head straight for the 35 year old sitting across the room. That 35 year old might actually be attracted to his confidence, knowledge, maturity and experience. But if the tables were turned, and an attractive 50 year old woman hit on a 35 year old man, she's considered a "Cougar". It might seem cool to the guy, but everyone else thinks it's sad and desperate.
There's even a new show on called "Cougar Town" with Courtney Cox playing a 40 year old single mother. She's still attractive, but she's feeling the clock tick. Not the fertility clock, but the "loss of youth" clock. Biolgically a woman is going to deal with hormones that are going to wreak havoc on her face and body and Courtney Cox's character like the millions of other 40 year old women out there is completely aware of this looming . Now the reason this loss of physical attractiveness is so much harder on women is because men are extremely visual people. Unlike women, who are attracted to how a man carries himself and how he dresses. Men are far more attracted to how a woman looks.