Episode 098: The Invisible Woman

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The term 'invisible woman' refers to the feeling many women have that they lose social value as their ability to attract the male gaze fades with age. But do older women disappear in church, as well as in society? And how might a woman's spirituality change as she moves through her second half of life? Cynthia and Susan explore their own experiences and those of listeners in this conversation about the impact of aging on women's church lives and personal faith.

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0:00.0	Well, and I think, you know, that we use that metaphor sometimes of people put things on the shelf.
0:06.0	Yes, exactly. And then the shelf gets too heavy and it's Boeing or in some cases breaking.
0:10.0	Right. So... And I think some women get children and then say, well, I don't even want my daughter to have a shelf.
0:15.7	I think that's what she's kind of saying at the end there.
0:18.0	Yeah.
0:19.0	Yeah.
0:20.0	Yeah.
0:21.0	Yeah, that she wants to mitigate that.
0:22.0	I mean, I don't think she can eliminate it but I understand her sentiment 100%.
0:27.0	Hi I'm Susan Hinckly and I'm Cynthia Wynward and this is at last she said it. We are women of faith discussing complicated things.
0:38.0	Today's title of our episode is The Invisible Woman.
0:42.0	That does sound complicated, Cynthia. is the invisible woman.
0:43.2	That does sound complicated, Cynthia.
0:45.0	It sounds like a no for a Hitchcock movie or something.
0:47.0	Yes, it does.
0:48.0	That's what it sounds like, or kind of like my life, actually.
0:51.3	So we're going to talk more about that. So we're going to be talking a little
0:55.2	bit about what we like to think of as middle-aged faith, kind of how your faith changes as you get a little older.
1:04.3	And first of all, I want to be clear that I realize,
1:07.1	Cynthia, I am by no stretch middle-aged anymore.
1:11.5	I think I disagree with that. I don't know because like if I'm only at the halfway
1:16.3	point I'm going to be way too old when I die. I'm going to be a lot older than I want to be
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