Women are often belittled for something as natural as ageing.
The prejudice is an ancient habit, but new forces—in Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and beyond—have restored its youthful vitality.
Ageism is one of the most frustrating challenges for job seekers age 50+ (or younger in many industries) so I started collecting anti-ageism success stories so that job seekers could study real-life examples of people who launched or continued careers when they were older.
Stereotypes about older workers are an impediment to their getting hired.
Negative stereotypes and denied access to health care are among the effects of ageism found in a systematic review of 422 studies around the world.
While pay disparities between men and women may seem insurmountable, here are four simple steps you can take to help close the gender pay gap.
If we are not welcome in the workplace and we are expected to live well into our nineties and beyond, how can we ever hope to be able to sustain ourselves financially? Can you imagine a workforce made up of 3 generations? I am 68, my children are in their forties, and my oldest grandchild
Bias against older workers remains among the most acceptable and pervasive “isms.”
Society has condemned racism, sexism, classicism, and so on. It's time we condemn ageism as well.
“I know I’m going to get older. I can handle that, and I even know that I am going to die. What bothers me the most, though, is the thought of becoming irrelevant.” This statement was made by a 69 year old man who is a member of my consciousness raising group. Old people are
Bias against older workers remains among the most acceptable and pervasive “isms.”
Ever called anybody a "Boomer" or a "Millennial"? If the answer is yes, then you could be ageist. Ageism is one of the most widely held prejudices affecting society today, even if it's unintentional, which it most often is. Ageism is the practice of stereotyping or discriminating against individuals based on their age.
Ashton Applewhite knows the (negative) stereotypes about getting older, but she's on a mission to change the way we think about aging. As the world's populating grows increasingly senior, Applewhite, the author of “This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism," joined THINK to talk about how we can take the shame out of this global phenomenon.
There's a big online resource for information on anti-ageism activism.
Ashton Applewhite is a writer and anti-ageism activist. She's a Ted speaker and has spoken at the UN. We talk about how to end ageism.
You deserve to be a part of it just as much as the next person. Additionally, don’t allow yourself to be passed over in the workplace.
Bias against older workers remains among the most acceptable and pervasive “isms.”
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Is it fear of death, of our inexorable mortal demise? A whistling past the graveyard of diminished youthful appeal? An irrational aversion to oldness akin to the indefensible mechanics of race hate…
It's happening – the big 3-0 is right around the corner for me. And while I used to dread this milestone, I'm now almost excited for it. But let m
Finding research on ageism in the workplace: easy. Uncovering how individual companies were solving the issue: nearly impossible...
The word activist has a strange ring to it. Yet, when the cause is worth it—why not join the movement? In today's conversation, ageism activist Ashton Applewhite will share her thoughts on becoming a part of a community of active women. Enjoy the show!
Carla Stockton highlights job search age discrimination in an open letter to the latest in a line of young recruiters who rejected her.
Showing prejudice, stereotyping, stigmatizing or discriminating on the grounds of a person's age. That's ageism. And it can actually impact people of any age, not just the elderly.
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Ageism is a plague upon us all. Even those in the target demographic, over 50, are susceptible to ageism. One morning at work they may be denied a promotion and that afternoon be out buying a birthday card that pokes fun of older people. We shouldn't tolerate or perpetuate this kind of prejudice.
Can we talk about age without prejudice?
