An Anarchist’s Guide to Aging

Spring 2019

Carol Roan - Speaker at “An Anarchist’s Guide to Aging”

About 100 women attended this event in April, 2019. We divided into small groups and discussed the following questions and the end of the evening included a wonderful talk by 87 year old Carol Roan.

Discussion Questions:

1. What views about aging -both positive and negative- have you absorbed from your cultural and family background, and how do you feel these may be unconsciously influencing your current feelings and attitudes about aging? How are you countering these feelings that are negative or unhelpful?
2. What are your fears about your own experience of aging? 
3. How have your values and priorities changed as you have aged? Would you want to rewind a few decades and be the person you were then?
4. How can we resist the media’s image of a beautiful woman (20 yo anorexic blonde) and redefine what makes a woman beautiful?
5. Research shows many women report better sex in their 50s and 60s as they are comfortable in their bodies and know who they are and what they want and need. How can we redefine what it means to look/act/feel sexual? 
6. What advice do you have for women younger than you are?