Russian sportswoman Nekrasova set a new world record when she braved the -22-degree cold and snorkeled 85 meters under 25-centimeter-thick ice.
"What a tough physique!"" Queen of the Iron Lung!"
After the incident was reported by the media, netizens have praised and commented on it.
Under the topic, a netizen uploaded a video of his great-aunt swimming in a frozen river, which was filmed at a temperature of minus 18 degrees Celsius around the time of the video, and the aunt's physical fitness was equally tough.
The video's comment section, however, has seen some discordant remarks.
"People are so old and still dress so slutty, want to puke."
"Who are you showing it to? Just retire when you're old!"
Nekrasova is 40 years old, the same middle-aged women, the same brave winter swimming sports enthusiasts, why certain netizens are full of malice to this Chinese aunt?
In the minds of some old-fashioned people, the discrimination and neglect of middle-aged and old women have gone deep into their bones.
In their view, once a woman reaches middle age, she should, like countless other Chinese mothers, accept her own aging and stay at home, relying on square dancing to pass her leisure time.
But these middle-aged and elderly women have their own pursuits in life, some of them will keep on exercising like the "auntie" in the video to keep themselves in good shape; some still hope to advance in their careers and have more job opportunities; and some, like women in other age groups, are pursuing love and longing for a fulfilling family life.
But in the pursuit of quality of life, they are often unable to do as they wish.
"People in middle age = out of shape" has almost become a **** knowledge, dare to rebel against this objective law of the middle-aged women, it is very easy to suffer from other people's criticism, "winter swimming aunt" is a very good example of what happened. These people may not realize that a woman who maintains a good figure may not be doing so to please men, but to please herself.
The existence of these outlandish remarks has made some middle-aged and elderly women afraid to cross the boundary of life and try new things, so they can only watch their bodies getting older and weaker.
Middle-aged and elderly women groups are often on the weaker side of the workplace as well.
At the age of 48, Chen Min lost her job, and after more than 20 years of hard work, she had moved into the management of her former company, but the arrival of the epidemic made the already-listed apparel company end up in bankruptcy.
During the period after she lost her job, Chen Min was very depressed for a while, and she didn't know what to do. In her daughter's opinion, her mother seemed to have turned into a whiny woman, who not only didn't pay any attention to her personal image, but also lost her temper when she didn't move.
So she decided to look for a new job. In Chen Min's view, women in their 40s are in their prime, they don't take maternity leave and don't quit easily, so they should be more competitive compared to younger women.
But the reality is incredibly cruel, despite years of management experience, but Chen Min has repeatedly hit the wall in interviews, many companies have long been not recruiting women over 40 years of age, after hundreds of resumes, Chen Min's job is still not settled.
Then she found out that her former colleague, who was the head of logistics at the company, had found a job as a caretaker at a private kindergarten, where she was responsible for cleaning up after her children every day and earned a few thousand dollars a month. To find a job, she had to lower her requirements.
Caregiver, cleaning lady, receptionist, these jobs are far less decent than Chen Min's previous position, but other than that, she doesn't have many other options.
Chen Min's predicament is also plaguing countless middle-aged and elderly women, who have become an unpopular group in the job market and are almost delusional in their attempts to find a job they want.
Family life, on the other hand, is a topic that middle-aged and older women are ashamed to talk about, but can't get around.
Do you remember the "fake Jin Dong" incident? The fraudsters extracted Jin Dong's video clips, dubbed them and uploaded them to a short video platform. These poorly made synthetic videos were so fake that many middle-aged and elderly women were hooked and really thought that Jin Dong himself was the one who released the videos.
The 61-year-old Ms. Huang is very addicted to this, she participated in the "fake Jin Dong" account of every live broadcast of the goods, for which she spent a lot of money, daily tea do not want to think about food, hard to lose more than 10 pounds.
There are also a lot of messages under the "fake Jin Dong" video from middle-aged and elderly women like Ms. Huang, who yearn for love but have nowhere to go after it, and in turn make themselves the best victims in the eyes of the scammers.
Every woman has to age one day, and I hope we can pay more attention to the middle-aged and old-aged women group, and hope they can be independent and confident in the future to master their own life.