Many of the inequities characteristic of the female position tend to crystallize in older age. Under the assumed continuation of trends involving family life, reproductive freedom, sexuality and labor force participation, aging women of the future may find improvement with respect to personal status and socio-emotional rewards. However, incipient counter trends, made strong by religious conservatism, must be noted. Should such counter trends gain in strength, the lot of aging women of the future may be but a version of the status quo ante.
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