"Robert Neil Butler coined the term 'ageism' in 1969."
Prejudice or discrimination based on a person's age, often resulting in negative stereotypes and marginalization of older individuals.
Definition and history of Ageism: Understanding the concept of Ageism and its origin in society, including how it relates to other prejudices such as racism and sexism.
Stereotypes and negative attitude towards older people: Exploring the common stereotypes and negative attitudes towards older people that contribute to Ageism.
Employment and Ageism: Examining how Ageism impacts employment opportunities, particularly for older workers.
Healthcare and Ageism: Analyzing how Ageism impacts the quality of healthcare and health outcomes for older people.
Ageism and Media representation: Exploring the ways in which the media perpetuates Ageism through harmful stereotypes and negative portrayals of older people.
Intergenerational relationships: Understanding the importance of intergenerational relationships and how Ageism can create barriers between generations.
Ageism and social isolation: Examining how Ageism contributes to social isolation and loneliness among older people.
Ageism in legal and policy frameworks: Analyzing how Ageism is reflected in laws and policies, particularly in relation to pensions, retirement, and social security.
Interventions to combat Ageism: Exploring various interventions such as campaigns and education programs designed to combat Ageism and promote positive attitudes towards older people.
Ageism and intersectionality: Understanding how Ageism intersects with other forms of discrimination such as racism, sexism, and ableism, and how these intersecting forms of prejudice contribute to social inequality.
Direct Ageism: This occurs when there is a clear hostility or bias against a person or group based on their age. It can often manifest as overt acts of discrimination or prejudice, such as refusing to hire someone over a certain age.
Implicit Ageism: Unconscious bias that influences actions or decisions towards older or younger people, without realizing it.
Institutional Ageism: This type of ageism is deeply ingrained in policies, practices or structure of companies or services, which leads to discriminatory outcomes towards individuals or groups based on their age. An example of this could be a retirement age policy that ignores individual preferences, abilities or skills.
Linguistic Ageism: In this type of ageism, the language we use to describe older people, younger people or even age itself can be discriminatory. This can include terms like "old-timer", "geezer" or even calling someone "young lady" or "young man".
Reverse Ageism: This occurs when older individuals discriminate against younger people, or when younger people express a negative bias towards older people. It often arises from perceived disagreement or differences in values, beliefs or behaviors.
Age Denial: This is a form of ageism that occurs when individuals or groups deny their own aging or the presence of age-related changes. This may result in negative attitudes towards those who age differently or at different rates, leading to further discrimination.
Age Insensitivity: This is not recognizing nor valuing the diversity of age groups within society. It can lead to age-based stereotypes or generalizations of individual ability, productivity, or socialization styles.
"Butler defined 'ageism' as a combination of three connected elements: discriminatory practices against older people, institutional practices perpetuating stereotypes about elderly people, and discrimination based on old age and the aging process."
"The term 'ageism' has also been used to describe the oppression of younger people by older people."
"Councillor Richard Thomas pointed out that age discrimination works against both younger and older people."
"Ageism against the young can include denying them certain rights and privileges usually reserved for adults or ignoring their ideas and contributions because they are 'too young'."
"In a youth-oriented society, older people bear a large proportion of age bias and discrimination. Older people themselves can be deeply ageist, having internalized a lifetime of negative stereotypes about aging."
"Ageism is often attributed to fears of death and disability, with avoiding, segregating, and rejecting older people serving as coping mechanisms that allow people to avoid thinking about their own mortality."
"Stigma and discrimination around the loss of physical or mental capacity is actually ableism, not ageism, and aging is lifelong."
"Like other forms of bias, ageism is not based in biology but socially constructed."
"It has much later (February 2021) been used in regards to prejudice and discrimination against especially adolescents and children."
"The term 'ageism' describes discriminatory practices against older people."
"The term 'ageism' has been used to describe the oppression of younger people by older people, as argued by Youth Liberation of Ann Arbor, MI."
"Age discrimination works against younger as well as older people."
"Ageism against the young also includes penalties, burdens, or requirements imposed exclusively or to a greater degree on young people than on older people, such as age-based military conscription."
"Ageism against the young can also include ignoring their ideas and contributions because they are considered 'too young'."
"Butler defined 'ageism' as a combination of discriminatory practices, including institutional practices and policies perpetuating stereotypes about elderly people."
"Ageism is often attributed to fears of death and disability, with avoiding, segregating, and rejecting older people serving as coping mechanisms that allow people to avoid thinking about their own mortality."
"Like other forms of bias, ageism is not based in biology but socially constructed."
"Older people themselves can be deeply ageist, having internalized a lifetime of negative stereotypes about aging."
"The term 'ageism' originally described discrimination against seniors, old age, and the aging process."