The beauty double standard

I was watching Knocked Up and the scene where Allison (Katherine Heigl) and her sister, Debbie (Leslie Mann), are sitting outside after being denied access into the club. The women are talking and Debbie says "the older he gets (her husband) the better looking he gets, the older I get the worse looking I get". This ties into with what we talked about in class and the fact that getting older is viewed as a good thing for men, but not for women. Women growing up are viewed as ugly, and men as attractive. When we talked about the beauty double standard in class, we covered this topic as well. Women are suppose to be young and always look young, growing up and being mature is not attractive. The opposite for men.