Ageism - Age discrimination

Ageism is bias against a person or group on the grounds of age. When that bias is the primary motivation behind acts of discrimination against that person or group, then those acts constitute age discrimination. Ageism - The two most common forms. Although ageism can refer to bias against any age group, ageism (and age discrimination) are usually focused on two targets: Adolescents (Ageism against adolescents is also called "Adultism") The elderly

overwhelmingly Ageism - Ageism. An example of ageism is thinking that all teenagers like rock music, are immature and insubordinate, use slang and profanity, watch R-rated movies and play M-rated videogames; or that all elderly are slow, weak, demented and dependent. Ageism - Age discrimination. Although like all forms of discrimination, age discrimination has always been a problem, it is most severe at present in the entertainment and computer industries. Many elderly a ...

See also:

Ageism, Ageism - The two most common forms, Ageism - Examples, Ageism - Ageism, Ageism - Age discrimination, Ageism - Responses, Ageism - Grass-roots activism, Ageism - Unions, Ageism - Laws

Read more here: » Ageism: Encyclopedia II - Ageism - Examples

Ageism - Grass-roots activism. Many groups have been set up in various countries to combat age discrimination, including: United Kingdom Age Concern Help the Aged United States Americans for a Society Free from Age Restrictions Gray Panthers: In the early 1970s, Maggie Kuhn formed the Gray Panthers, an organization with a goal of eliminating ageism in all forms. National Youth Rights Association See also:

Ageism, Ageism - The two most common forms, Ageism - Examples, Ageism - Ageism, Ageism - Age discrimination, Ageism - Responses, Ageism - Grass-roots activism, Ageism - Unions, Ageism - Laws

Read more here: » Ageism: Encyclopedia II - Ageism - Responses