Why do women hide there age

IN modern societies it is often seen as impolite or outright lack of disrespect to ask a woman of her age. On their own part, women themselves, – well…, most of them – do not want to mention their age for different reasons. Naturally women seek eternal beauty and youth which, practically speaking, is not possible. Women to all intent and purposes link age with eligibility for marriage such that a woman in her early thirties and still single may not want to disclose her age apparently for fear of being found out to be out of the game of courtship. This is not to mention cases of age falsification very common within the civil service where people die just after their retirement when they are actually over 70 years old, while ‘officially’ they were only 62. However this is not to say that there are women who are not ready to disclose their age. Some even look much younger than their age, a compliment most women would love to hear. A dental-surgeon assistant, Adeshina Adebisi while speaking on the issue said: “This is common among we females, but deep down I think it is because we want to feel secure. Sometimes if I am in good mood I am eager to tell people my age and if I am not, I would attempt to decline doing so. I cannot even tell my colleagues at work my actual age. I remember a colleague asked me some month ago, “Bisi, how old are you? I was like hope no problem, what do you want to use my age for? “It depends on what each person wants to use the age for. If the person is still working, or is yet to marry, she may be hiding it or reducing it. I, personally, right from my youth, I don’t play with my age, even when I apply for a job as a civil servant. I was 23 as of then and thank God now, I am above 50 years.” Mrs Online, a civil servant is of the view that a woman lifestyle can however reduce the signs of ageing. This, she says is possible If she monitors her food intake, exercises regularly, avoids direct contact with the sun for long hours and avoid smoking and alcohol. “The reason for age-hiding might be based on something related to relationship, if I was older than a guy and I love him, I would not want to let him go because I was older than him. I will have to reduce my age so as to make the relationship work out. At work, most employers do have specified age for consideration for employment and if you are desperate about the job, the option there is to reduce your age. Apart from that I think women have this innate desire to be appreciated and admired and in order to feel loved, they hide their age,” she said. A student, Miss oluwatosin ayoola, is of the opinion that women even take risks to look younger. “Women even go to the extent of spending a lot of money on cosmetics and anti-ageing products to appear younger than their actual age. Older women want to appear as attractive as when they were younger so that they can make men twirl at their appearance, especially when they are single and older. “That is not sufficient for some women, as they spend needless money undergoing plastic surgery, from breast implants to nose lifts, cheeks filled out, pumping their lips and their obliterating their wrinkles using minimally invasive cosmetic procedures. “It is important to mention that, lying about age is not restricted to women but it is a ‘Nigerian thing’. It is also practiced by the men, especially to secure employment. In other climes it could be women but in Nigeria it is both sexes. “Women around the globe attach importance to being young and beautiful because of men. Men appreciate women that are young and beautiful than women that are older. The fact is that beauty goes in tandem with youthfulness and so even when women are getting older, they prefer to live in denial and still want to feel they are young and beautiful so they conceal their age. “It is the same reason why they go for dresses that make them appear younger than their real age and buy all manner of cosmetics and undergo plastic

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