Word: ageist
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...unfathomable that three decades later many Americans would have no memory at all of what happened back in 2001. As a 67-year-old writing in the year 2031--at an age that used to qualify me as a senior citizen before that term was banned as ageist, and before the standard retirement age was raised to 80--I can still remember 9/11 pretty clearly. But today 1 in every 3 Americans is under age 30. And so I had better explain why I think the attacks constituted the first battle in a War for Democracy...
...then I read Avakian’s take on the necessity of violent revolution and realized that this guy wasn’t your average graying nostalgic hippie new-ageist. He is a full-on communist ideologue...
Directed by Ben Younger Universal Pictures 3 STARS Demi and Ashton. Cameron and Justin. America is officially fascinated by the older woman-younger man combination, and Uma Thurman’s latest picture, “Prime,” hopes to make America re-evaluate its ageist conceptions about love. So put down the Nintendo, fellas, and get ready to see some December-May sex with thirty-something Thurman. “Prime” is billed as a romantic comedy in which Rafi (Uma Thurman), a 37-year-old recent divorcé begins a relationship with 23-year...
Innocent fun or not so innocent, senior sexuality still ruffles feathers in a society that prefers not to acknowledge its existence. Many doctors won't even bring the subject up with older patients. "That affection is subject to ridicule seems just wrong, ageist," says Butler...
...Vivendi is finding to its cost, even the best French expert can get things wrong. Hmm ... This may be a bit too fair Britain announced plans to ban age discrimination in the workplace by October 2006. In line with an E.U. directive, it will outlaw mandatory retirement ages, end ageist job advertising, and allow Britons the choice of working until they are 70. The government claims the ban will effectively boost the number of skilled workers. But trade unions suspect a different motive. "People don't want to work longer," says Derek Simpson, general secretary of the Amicus union...