The extreme elderly share the androgyny of very young children in their non-gender specific outward appearances. As the ability to procreate declines over the natural course of life, the features which distinguish gender disappear as well. Skin sags, complexions wane in intensity, muscle tissue softens and droops and gender specific tissue such as breasts sag. This portrait of an elderly woman shows all the above signs to a significant level, leaving her sole outward gender identity to her style of dress and grooming.

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