From the course: Recognizing Ageism to Be More Inclusive
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Ageism in your relationship with yourself and others
From the course: Recognizing Ageism to Be More Inclusive
Ageism in your relationship with yourself and others
- Many people categorize old and young as two distinct and homogenous groups. This common understanding of old and young comes with built-in value judgments and stereotypical negative and positive attributes we expect people to conform to. For example, young people are generalized as irresponsible, immature, or lazy, but also as energetic, vibrant, and looking forward to promising futures. On the other hand, we tend to see older people as frail, dependent, problematic, and fast on their way to becoming incompetent or irrelevant, but also as wise. In actuality, nothing about the terms old and young should point to value judgments or behavioral expectations. The definition of old has to do with having lived or existed for a long time. The definition of young has to do with having lived or existed for a short time. Despite what you may have been taught, young and old age are not either good or bad states of being. They…
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