Hollywood has had a "recent representation of older women as having a relatively more open an fluid sexuality than they were portrayed as having in earlier decade" (Tally 33), Chick flicks usually deal with the sexuality of young women, but in recent years, chick flick movies have been focusing not only on the sexuality of women in their prime age but also the sexuality of women over 40.

In the movie Because I Said So (2007) Daphne Wilder (Diane Keaton), plays the mother of three daughters. Her focus is to find a husband for all of her daughters. When her youngest daughter, Millie (Mandy Moore), is the only one that hasn't found her true love, Daphne Wilder (Diane Keaton) takes it into her own hands by sending out an ad for the perfect man for Millie.

Daphne meets two men: one, Johnny (pictured on left), a musician who leads a crazy life, and as a result Ms. Wilder disapproves; the other a successful man, Jason (pictured on right), who Daphne adores. Millie meets both Johnny and Jason and decides to date both of them until she makes a decision.

One night Daphne Wilder (Diane Keaton) asks Millie if she has ever had an orgasm (scene pictured on left) thus the beginning of the "Over the Hill" sexuality in this movie. Later Daphne Wilder (Diane Keaton) meets Johnny's father, Joe (on right), and their sexual relationship begins there. At the end of the movie Daphne and Joe get married and Millie chooses Johnny.

Chick flicks give hope to older women that they to can have a romantic life. The discourse goes against the hegemonic belief that older women aren't seen as sexual beings and hence set out the discourse that no matter the age of women they can have pleasure. The good thing about these films is that they show that "uptight, middle-aged female character is allowed to step out from her self-encased shell to experience life as a sexually desirable woman, in a culture which has effectively reduced middle-aged women to a kind of invisibility with respect to their sexuality, these newer films at least try to re-open the question of whether an accomplished, professional, middle-aged woman can be portrayed as having a sexual life as well, or whether they must somehow renounce their sexuality because they are no longer young women" (Tally, 1). Movies give a femininity discourse to not only young children but also to older women. By creating a new cultural discourse for older women, chick flicks open up new opportunities and give hope that there is till is an option for romantic relationships. Even though the overall showing of women over forty having sexual relations can be positive theme there are negative aspects to the way older women display sexual relationships in these films.

In the movie The Perfect Man (2005), the mother moves around from city to city trying to find love thus ruining the lives of her children and teaching them that when love doesn't go the way they planned they can move. Some chick flicks display older love as a way of wrecking the family they have. Even though "the reintroduction of their [older women] sexuality might shake things up for the other people in their lives, it is still ultimately a positive and enriching experience for the female characters themselves" (Tally,17). In these movies, older love breaks apart and creates challenges for the family. In many of the films, like in The Perfect Man the mother realizes that what she is doing is harming her family and changes. After the change takes place the mother overcomes the challenges she faced and then finds her true love.

"Their [older women] newfound sexuality is experienced as a kind of recovery of a lost self, and a way to be in the world that is not defined solely by their role as a parent, wife, and worker and so on. In fact, sexual re-awakening often serves as a kind of life-affirming event, one that will help them eventually be stronger and better family members, community members and adults, the women in these films are shown 'discovering' their sexuality at mid-life, with the assumption being that a 'normal' middle-aged woman has somehow jettisoned her sexual identity along the way. If they haven't lost it, it's because they were holding onto it inappropriately well into middle-age, which has caused grief for the other family members" (Tally 19-20). Daphne (Diane Keaton) in Because I Said So has this type of re-awakening. After finding a romantic relationship she lays off her daughters by letting them find happiness on their own, and she now focuses on her newfound relationship.