Jim Carrey, Leonardo DiCaprio and how the double standard of male aging may be over

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'It has become a popular internet pastime for people to speculate about what work a female celebrity has had done. Wrinkle-free, taut and glowing visages are analyzed by experts and non-experts alike, often resulting in a diagnosis that includes a facelift, blepharoplasty, fillers, or Botox. Yet in recent months, it is not only famous women whose faces have been studied so intently – it’s the men too.
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Historically, men in Hollywood have been granted a lot more leniency when it comes to visibly aging. George Clooney is widely recognized as a “silver fox.” Harrison Ford is described as “distinguished” looking. Yet now, the tide appears to be turning, with men increasingly being judged with the same doubled standards applied to female stars. But is this necessarily a good thing? For some experts, it’s an indication that toxicity around ageing may only be deepening.

“It shows we have attached moral value to youth, and that we read youthfulness as productivity, desirability, health, and even worthiness,” said Lauren Steckles-Young, a lecturer in social studies at the University of Sunderland, in England. “In this, we have seen a blurring between ‘health’ and ‘beauty,’ meaning we assume that if we are attractive, we are healthy, and if we are healthy and attractive, we hold higher moral value. Social media amplifies this by surrounding us with filtered and curated faces that make aging seem like a failure rather than a natural process. Being anti‑aging reflects a culture that struggles to accept imperfection, change, or diversity in appearance.”'