"A 41-year-old man still thinks of himself as young, but honestly, as somebody near enough that age, I can tell you it isn't. In true math terms, and according to the average life expectancy of an American male, 41 is middle age. Middle age as one's 50s is a myth propagated by the male-owned media as a way to make us all feel better about the fact that a 55-year-old is as near to death as he was to high school graduation when he was 40."