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Gabrielle Union

In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.

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Gabrielle Union is pointing out that in Hollywood, female actors who are cast as mothers are often quickly assumed to be old or frail, as if playing a mom automatically means they have health issues like osteoporosis. This highlights a stereotype that equates motherhood with aging and physical decline in the film industry.

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