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ageism

Prejudice against people because of their age. Ageism often takes the form of discrimination against older job applicants.

In the USA, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) prohibits discrimination based on age for employees aged 40-69. Several organizations support rights for older people, for example AARP (founded as the American Association of Retired Persons in 1958), which in 2006 had more than 35 million members, making it one of the largest membership organizations for people aged 50 and over; and the Gray Panthers (founded in 1970)



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It is an ageist practice based on prejudicial and dated assumptions about the abilities of young people which are said to be determined by chronological age.
The fixed age rule: young people, consent and research ethics by Bessant, Judith / Youth Studies Australia
In addition to being ageist this hetero-normative perspective views all people's lives through a purely heterosexual lens, and devalues other ways of being.
Providing aged care services for the gay and lesbian community by Callan, Moira Ruth / Australian Nursing Journal
I am interested in what can be done to prevent these students from entering the workforce with ageist attitudes.
Reflections on service learning with the aged by Getahun, Linde J. / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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