Word: ageism
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Although senate Republican co-president Jeff Lamberti says he can't think of a "better way to send the message to young people that we want them," his constituents are skeptical. Older voters complain that the proposed tax reprieve smacks of ageism, while many younger residents who would benefit say it would be nice but ineffective. "As a taxpayer, yeah, I'd like to save $1,000 or more," says Adam Cooley, 23, a recent grad working in Cedar Rapids. "But the job opportunities need to be there." Voters in North Dakota agreed in 2002, rejecting...
...hear much about ageism in the media, but when we do, it will probably be in connection with Margaret Morganroth Gullette, a sixty-something Professor of Women’s Studies at Brandeis and a passionate ageism activist...
Gullette’s work isn’t just about raising awareness, however; it’s also about changing the whole discourse of age. Gullette aims to broaden the popular conception of who is affected by ageism and whose problem it is, so that the discussion surrounding the issue reflects what is actually going on in today’s culture. “The American dream is becoming truncated,” Gullette said. “Aging past youth is becoming a decline...
Your story on longevity did not mention the issue of ageism. Throughout America, otherwise rational people are undergoing cosmetic nips and tucks and spending billions on "anti-aging" drugs and treatments. No wonder many of our elderly are depressed and suicidal. Everywhere they go, they hear the message "Old is ugly; old is shameful; whatever you do, don't look or act old!" Until we start a social-change movement to raise consciousness about ageism, none of us are going to relish living to 100--or even to 50. MARIAH BURTON NELSON Arlington...
...think My Timers are in the process of changing that culture. However, ageism is prevalent. How many women over 50 do you see as television news anchors? We are a society that is programmed for 30-year-olds. My sense is that in the next 10 years, we are going to see an upheaval...