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Do you have a strange feeling of inconsistency in reading the phrase: «The room entered the old man of the forty five»? However, classics often have similar statements that cause modern people, to put it mildly, misunderstanding.
«Alas, Tatiana is not a child, the old woman Mollar, groachty....», — Pushkin Tatiana was all 17-18 years old And at the same time, it was considered practically Old Virgin.
Mare Gavrilovna from Pushkinskaya «Misley» read as Smooth woman, Although she walked 20th year.
In the story of Lermontov «Princess Ligovskaya» There are such lines: «Its main disadvantage was pallor, like all St. Petersburg beauties, and old age, She was fulfilled 25».
Old woman Tatyana Larina According to the research of Pushkinists was no more 36 years, Old woman percentage from «Crimes and punishment» Dostoevsky — Total 42 years, but Old man's husband Anna Karenina barely turned 46 years old.
«Aging» Cardinal Richelieu Isper «Three Musketeers» Dumas were 42 years. The list can be continued, but the essence is clear: in former times, people, according to the current standards, young, were considered old men. Why today it is a breaking phrase «45 life just begins» No one causes embarrassment? Not because it really is and we stopped growing?
Average life expectancy as an age assessment factor
The perception of age primarily depends on the average life expectancy. In the time of Pushkin and up to XIX century Average life expectancy Women are equal 32 years, men often did not live thirty-Summer age. Statistics pretty portilate high maternal and child mortality, a lot of human lives were carried away by duel. Yes, there were cases of longevity, but on average, people did not delay in this world. Nothing surprising is that the thirty-year-old women with battered numerous kinds and health diseases were considered old women, and «Zasidyevy» On this light men — Deep elders.
In the XX century, Despite the title epidemics and «Spanish», two revolutions and three wars average life expectancy in Russia began to grow. The rapid development of health and progressive trends in the development of the country. TO 30th year last century men could count on 40 years of life, women already got out 45. The increase in the average life expectancy was noted until the 60s of the last century, when we practically reached the life expectancy of the level of developed countries of Europe.
Undoubtedly, in those years, the idea of age, the country and the people were full of optimism and confidence, and the forty-haired steel became its main intellectual capital.
Then the alcoholic decline in the 70s followed, anti-alcohol lift «Gorbachevsky» times crowned with an increase in the average life expectancy of men to 65 years and women before 75 years, then again the decline in the reforming period, but in Overall by 2008 The situation was leveled, men began to live to retirement age.
Despite all the cataclysms, Since the time of Pushkin, the average life expectancy increased by about 40 years, That is, people began to live twice as long, it is not wonderful that this entailed the change in the criteria for estimating age.
Why did they grow faster before?
Of course, in increasing life expectancy, the development of health care, but besides, scientists are unanimous in opinion — There are all signs of changing the biological age of a person. That is, we didn't just live longer, we began to grow more slowly. Why?
Physiologists claim, that first people are eager because of the unbearable physical work or, on the contrary, loaming from idleness and idleness. Today, hard work is replaced by machines, and a healthy lifestyle and sports find more and more supporters.
According to physicians, increase in the average life expectancy — entirely merit doctors. The ability to deal with disease helps to keep well-being, maintain a daughty appearance and a raised emotional state characteristic of young age.
In addition, if there were a woman before «How much God gives», Now they are armed with reliable means of contraception and can regulate the process of detection, while maintaining their health and youth. The age of menopause, at the end of the XIX century, urban women came across the symptoms of the ovarian function of 43-45 years, today, Klimaks comes in 48-50 years.
Psychologists are associated «rejuvenation » Society with the rapid development of intelligence and emotionally positive attitude, «Preheating» Interest in life and preserving youth. Today the human brain is more developed than Pushkin's contemporaries, and the longer the period of intellectual development, the more youth continues.
Cosmetologists are emphasized In changing perception of age, their merits. It is difficult to argue with them, because earlier skin care products were very limited, and most of them brought considerable harm to health. Today cosmetology at the height and look at 45 years old — Under the power of every person.
Anthropologists and ethnographers See the reasons for the rejuvenation of society in the genetic update of the type as a result of interethnic marriages. Territorial closure and related marriages in previous times were commonplace, which led to genetic degeneration and reduce the life expectancy of a person.
Change attitude to age
If you are now in 40, remember yourself at the age of 15. Do you, young and full forces, did not seem older than your parents? Now much has changed, the girl is 15 years old and walking next to her 45-year-old mothers, it is quite possible to take for girlfriends.
First, acceleration affects, secondly, an increase in the duration of the active period of life and the extension of youth. The difference between 30 and 50-year-old practically erased, This was reflected in the marriage statistics, and now the Union between the young man and a woman at the age of anyone is no longer surprised, not to mention when mature men marry young girls.
Changed and the feeling of age from the people themselves. Elderly ceased to feel the load of the lived years not only because full of optimism, they really do not drag as before. Now most are convinced that old age occurs after 60 years, Although in 60, and at 70, many continue to continue to maintain activity in all spheres of life, try to be young and attractive outwardly.
Today, by the new scale, people are considered young people aged 25-44 years old, 44-60 — This is the middle age, 60-75 — Elderly I only after 75 stands old age. And this is not the limit, according to studies of scientists biological «margin of safety» a person is designed for 120-130 years old, and even for 150 years. So, apparently, the times are not far from the mountains when it will be possible to find lines in literary works: «Young person, 50-55 years old....».
