We Aren’t Grey, We’re Silver

Sexism and Ageism Combine to Make Us Feel We’re “On the Way Out”

Martha Manning, Ph.D.

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I caught the end of the news a few nights ago. The story focused on the firing of a long-standing financial reporter, presumably because she refused to color her hair any more and let it grow out grey.

Grey scares us

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Martha Manning, Ph.D.

Dr. Martha Manning is a writer and clinical psychologist, author of Undercurrents and Chasing Grace. Depression sufferer. Mother. Growing older under protest.