: Real-life experiences like menopause are rarely shown ; out of 225 films featuring lead women over 40, only 6% even mentioned it, often as a punchline.
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Research indicates a persistent gap in how older women are portrayed compared to their male counterparts: : Real-life experiences like menopause are rarely shown
: Women aged 50+ make up only 25.3% of all characters in that age bracket in film and approximately 8% of television characters . only 6% even mentioned it