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Calasanti, Toni – Social Forces, 2007
This paper situates age discrimination within a broader system of age relations that intersects with other inequalities, and then uses that framework to analyze internet advertisements for the anti-aging industry. Such ads reinforce age and gender relations by positing old people as worthwhile only to the extent that they look and act like those…
Descriptors: Social Discrimination, Older Adults, Sexual Identity, Age Discrimination
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Roscigno, Vincent J.; Mong, Sherry; Byron, Reginald; Tester, Griff – Social Forces, 2007
Age discrimination in employment has received mounting attention over the past two decades, and from various cross-cutting social science disciplines. Findings from survey and experimental analyses have revealed the pervasiveness of ageist stereotypes, while aggregate and life course analyses suggest trends toward downward occupational mobility…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, Ideology, Employment, Costs
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Yuan, Anastasia S. Vogt – Social Forces, 2007
Although perceived discrimination (especially due to race-ethnicity) decreases mental health, the influence of perceived discrimination due to other reasons on mental health needs to be explored. This study examines the relationship between perceived age discrimination and mental health and determines whether psychosocial resources explain or…
Descriptors: Psychology, Mental Health, Health Needs, Age Discrimination
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Gee, Gilbert C.; Pavalko, Eliza K.; Long, J. Scott – Social Forces, 2007
Self-reported discrimination is linked to diminished well-being, but the processes generating these reports remain poorly understood. Employing the life course perspective, this paper examines the correspondence between expected age preferences for workers and perceived age discrimination among a nationally representative sample of 7,225 working…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Age Discrimination, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes