TITLE:
Ageism: Millennial Persistence
AUTHORS:
Alejandro Klein
KEYWORDS:
Ageism, Stereotypes, Prejudices
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Aging Research,
Vol.13 No.1,
January
31,
2024
ABSTRACT: This work develops the idea that is possible to affirm that
beyond its nuances. Ageism has shown a
surprising force of prevalence in western society. Nourished by mythical,
empirical, ideological and health elements, it has been enormously successful
in imposing an image of vulnerability, decrepitude and illness on older adults.
Since 1969, when the first academic article on the subject was published, much
has been written on the subject, but little progress has been made in terms of social and state policies and community awareness.
When an attempt has been made to propose an alternative to decrepit
(Aristotelian as we suggest in this paper) ageism, nothing has emerged but a
new kind of ageism that has imposed the supposed need that the older adult “must” be “productive”, “young”, “vigorous”, posing the impossibility,
in short, once again, of the older adult living
spontaneously as an older adult.