Priscilla is pretty damn hot there: glorious hair.
don't know if anyone would care to weigh in on the (often male-uttered, of course, but not always) stereotype/narrative (well it exists in Britain anyway) that runs 'middle-aged women should have short, appropriate hair and only younger women should have long hair'
We have that here, too, mostly in suburban or rural areas.
I think you should have a haircut that matches the shape of your face, from a technical aestheticianly perspective. If you have a round or oval face, short hair can look bad.
But no, I hate that stupid idea that women, as soon as they hit 40, and/or have kids, which ever comes first, that they should throw in the towel and get a grandma haircut and elastic waist pants. If that's all you have energy for, fine. But it's a very sexist thing, the idea that women aren't attractive once they have kids or pass a certain age, and that if they try to be it's a crime against fashion or humanity or whatever. Stupid.
But of course, I'll hear middle age women talking about how nobody finds older women attractive, but they've clearly thrown in the towel and gone with the "mom jeans" and such. Men are easy. All it takes is a bare minimum of upkeep and they'll think you're hot. Raquel Welch is still in commercials ffs.