TY - JOUR
T1 - Ageism
T2 - We are our own worst enemy
AU - Sargent-Cox, Kerry
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - In 1969, Butler (1969) first coined the term ageism to confront prejudice by one age group toward other age groups (pp. 243). As with other isms, such as racism and sexism, ageism leads to bigotry and discrimination, though it is a very distinct beast in that, for the most part, other isms refer to those different from ourselves: distinct, mutually exclusive, and impervious groups. Conversely, age is a fluid social construct in which we are all intimately bound as we move through the lifespan, transitioning in and out of different age-groups. Unlike other isms, individuals negotiate shifts from the in-group of youth to the out-group of old age. Yet we are all immersed, largely unconsciously, in this ubiquitous but too often unrecognized ism that needs to be named and challenged
AB - In 1969, Butler (1969) first coined the term ageism to confront prejudice by one age group toward other age groups (pp. 243). As with other isms, such as racism and sexism, ageism leads to bigotry and discrimination, though it is a very distinct beast in that, for the most part, other isms refer to those different from ourselves: distinct, mutually exclusive, and impervious groups. Conversely, age is a fluid social construct in which we are all intimately bound as we move through the lifespan, transitioning in and out of different age-groups. Unlike other isms, individuals negotiate shifts from the in-group of youth to the out-group of old age. Yet we are all immersed, largely unconsciously, in this ubiquitous but too often unrecognized ism that needs to be named and challenged
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84997217107&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S1041610216001939
DO - 10.1017/S1041610216001939
M3 - Review article
SN - 1041-6102
VL - 29
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - International Psychogeriatrics
JF - International Psychogeriatrics
IS - 1
ER -