When it comes to the beauty standards society imposes on women, there’s one particularly pervasive taboo which continues to fuel unnecessary criticism of women’s bodies: ageing.

Despite the fact that it is a natural (and unavoidable) process, the idea that a woman would show signs of ageing – or, shock horror, even embrace it – is one that society continues to struggle with. God forbid a woman dare to step outside with a wrinkle on her face!

This attitude towards ageing reared its ugly head yet again when a troll commented on Eva Mendes’ Instagram post: “she’s getting old”.

However, Mendes decided to call out the comment.

Eva Mendes just perfectly summed up why women shouldn’t be ashamed of their age