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The article "Training with Jane" from the Wisconsin State Journal highlighted both positive and negative aspects of the search for self-fulfillment in older women, as well as their portrayal by the media. While the article is uplifting and even touching in its description of the genuine friendships based on a distinctly female bond, it also makes obvious the general disregard for older women of different social classes, races, or ethnicities. Furthermore, its patronizing tone only …

…is one of very few who even acknowledge the presence of older women as a segment of society. Still, one wonders how valuable this acknowledgement is if it is sugar-coated to this degree. Perhaps this article only makes it easier for society to ignore elderly women's issues. We can read this article and feel secure knowing that older women are taken care of, content to chit chat over coffee after rocking out with Jane Fonda.