They dont talk about them, and to prove the point just look how popular this thread was.
The mature character may just simply be that women get quieter as they age, hold thier breath and hope like heck ANYone would still find them attractive. They try to convince each other "girl you still got it " but does that really work ? Most often you hear about them having to console each other because thier men left them for a younger women. They bite thier tongues and watch thier mates look sideways at every pretty young thing that walks by.
You hear 10,000 jokes, old ...dusty compared to one wow she still looks hot.
I think this subject is a bit of a sensitive one for me, Almost every women has some sort of body issue. I have never been a perfect 10, but my very average has gotten me by. I worked with what I had. But I now find myself at a threshold, I stand at my closet and go to reach for one of my favorite mini skirts. And I have to ask myself...how am I going to be seen. It's no longer going to be 'cute' it is going to be 'pathetic'
Even the very average gets thier share of flirting, cat calls etc. My very insecure ego has fed off that . Honestly I am quite terrified of this next stage, how does a women soothe the insecurities after they reach the point where that no longer happens ? How does she still feel sexy, when the ropes are half hidden under sagging flesh and wrinkles ? Yes, I know sexy is more of a mental state than a visual perfect 10.....but is there a sub space deep enough for me to find that in another few years?
Heck the way this is sneaking up on me, will I even be able to find that next week !!
Anyhow, just wanted to say thank you for saying "This category of women is quite common in my favorite stories and fantasies."
It gives me hope, that maybe...just maybe this aging thing will not be as terrible as I am feeling it is, and that somehow I will find the way to do it gracefully as they say.