"One of the best things to combat aging is to have people spend time with older people and understand what it's really like to get older, as opposed to the messages we get from the media," added Gendron, whose career has focused on the language, expression and perpetuation of
ageism. "We tend to think getting older is all about loss … but you see it's quite a rich story."
But not everyone was on her side in
ageism row with Beeb NOT everyone has been sympathetic to Miriam O'Reilly's battle against
ageism in the workplace.
Even feminists, she notes, are not immune from developing negative body images and internalized
ageism. Some of her subjects express self-loathing; others, deep frustration, especially at the difficulty of losing weight after menopause.
Second, it has shown that despite all the lip service paid in companies across the country - the BBC included -
ageism is alive and well and putting a halt to the careers of men and women who have years left to give.
It will be her first time working for the BBC since she compiled a 14-page report on "malign sexism and
ageism" there earlier this year.
Ageism is one of the main barriers older people face when looking for a job, with latest figures showing that two in five unemployed over 50-year-olds have been jobless for more than a year.
Gordon Brown's Government now has the chance to end
ageism once and for all.
But I think the
ageism disparity between high-profile straight women and their lesbian counterparts is more complex than that.
Many issues are examined, such as self-esteem,
ageism, and media ideals.
The following is a discussion of the possible benefits of service learning as an antidote to
ageism. It presents the themes found in a qualitative analysis of 31 papers of college students working within a retirement-home environment.
Older people talk about
ageism as an evil and they seem to welcome the proposed discrimination legislation.
FIRMS are to face new rules that will outlaw
ageism in the workplace.