Age discrimination and diversity : multiple discrimination from an age perspective / / [edited by] Malcolm Sargeant.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Sargeant, Malcolm.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 211 p.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781107003774 (hardback); 9781139115384 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: [edited by] Malcolm Sargeant.

"This book is about the diversity of older people and the discrimination that results. Older people are often stereotyped according to their age. Age stereotyping is concerned with associating certain characteristics, or the lack of them, with certain ages. It in effect homogenises the particular age group as being all the same, rather than recognising any diversity within that age group (Robinson, Gustafson, and Popovich 2008). There is an impression that older people share certain attributes, patterns of behaviour, appearances and beliefs (Ward et al 2008). This stereotyping according to age is not restricted to older people of course and can apply to all ages and age groups. Here is a useful quote to that illustrates how the issue of age pervades many aspects of the life course:Our lives are defined by ageing: the ages at which we can learn to drive, vote, have sex, buy a house, or retire, get a pension, travel by bus for free. More subtle are the implicit boundaries that curtail our lives: the 'safe' age to have children, the 'experience' needed to fill the boss's role, the physical strength needed for some jobs. Society is continually making judgments about when you are too old for something - and when you are too old"--