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Women have stopped complexing and worrying about aging
Last reviewed: 02.07.2025
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A new survey of sociologists has shown that most modern women are confident that they look younger than their age. Such conclusions were made by British sociologists, in addition, they found out that some women believe that signs of aging will not affect them until at least 46 years of age.
The survey shows that the decades-old idea that women are constantly worried and self-conscious about their appearance is no longer relevant. The average British woman believes she looks about five years younger than her actual age.
Sociologists surveyed two thousand women, 75% of whom believed that the secret of their youth lies in a beautiful, slender figure, 10% are sure that they look 20 years younger than their real age, and every third participant in the survey was not at all worried about natural age-related changes and intended to meet old age with dignity.
Sociologists also found out that 10% of women start to show concern about the appearance of wrinkles on their face after 20 years, 40% - after 30 years. At 21, young women start using rejuvenating cosmetics, which at this age is completely unnecessary. But most women start to notice the first signs of aging on their face only after 28 years.
But women start to worry quite strongly about their appearance after 46 years of age, and every fifth woman believes that one should not really worry about aging before 50-60 years of age.
According to the survey participants, the secret of beauty and youth lies in happy family relationships, good moisturizing cosmetics, and eating fresh fruits and vegetables daily (at least five servings). And the appearance of wrinkles is greatly influenced by lifestyle, for example, about half of the respondents believe that smoking, alcohol, and stress due to problems at work or in their personal lives significantly accelerate age-related changes on the face.
In addition, international studies have shown that French and Italian women rank first in preserving youth, followed by Scandinavian women, and Germans and Russians bring up the rear.
It is worth noting that recently, British experts have refuted another fairly common opinion about women. It is generally accepted that young girls are the most attractive, but a large-scale sociological survey, in which more than a thousand people of different ages and statuses took part, showed the exact opposite. As it turned out, most people believe that the peak of female beauty and charm occurs after 30 years. It is at this age that a woman gains self-confidence, she perceives herself as natural, as she is, and she already knows how to effectively emphasize her strengths and hide her weaknesses. In addition, a woman after 30 is already a fairly self-sufficient person. It is thanks to this set of qualities that women after 30 attract the opposite sex and win against the background of naive and carefree youth.