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Walz, Thomas

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“…This dimension offers caution to those who envision a smooth reinvention of older age, with older people increasingly venturing into traditionally young territory. For example, research indicates that older people who attempt to cross ingroup boundaries, such as those who try to look younger, are no longer pitied but often resisted (at least as measured by vignettes about targets in their 50s; Schoemann & Branscombe, 2011; Walz, 2002). In light of extant group identity-based theories, younger people might have particular motivation to maintain generational boundaries for two main reasons.…”

Section: Empirical Bases For Intergenerational Pessimismmentioning

confidence: 99%

An inconvenienced youth? Ageism and its potential intergenerational roots.

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Fiske

2012

Psychological Bulletin

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Age is the only social category identifying subgroups that everyone may eventually join. Despite this, and despite the well-known growth of the older population, age-based prejudice remains an under-studied topic in social psychology. This paper systematically reviews the literature on ageism, highlighting extant research on its consequences and theoretical perspectives on its causes. We then identify a crucial gap in the literature: potential intergenerational tensions, speculating how a growing older population—and society’s efforts to accommodate it—might stoke intergenerational fires, particularly among the younger generation. Presenting both sides of this incipient issue, we review relevant empirical work that introduces reasons for both optimism and pessimism concerning intergenerational relations within an aging society. We conclude by suggesting future avenues for ageism research, emphasizing the importance of understanding forthcoming intergenerational dynamics for the benefit of the field and broader society.

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Section: Empirical Bases For Intergenerational Pessimismmentioning

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An inconvenienced youth? Ageism and its potential intergenerational roots.

North

Fiske

2012

Psychological Bulletin

439

348

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“…The inappropriateness of dancing with a much younger woman is here presented in terms of a situation which is potentially stigmatizing. In this case, cultural stereotypes of “dirty old men” seem to be in play referring to inappropriate sexual drives among older men (Walz, 2002 ). Being viewed through this kind of stereotype is both a “tribal stigma” related to one undesired social category and to deviations in personal traits (Goffman, 1990 ).…”

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“…By the same token, to be ignored by a younger person can lead to feeling old. However, cultural norms of inappropriate age differences may intrude if the age differences are too big, raising feelings of shame, especially among men who risk being stereotyped as “dirty old men” (Walz, 2002 ).…”

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Dancing My Age: Emotions, Interactions, and Bodily Sensations

Heikkinen

Wilińska

2022

Front. Sports Act. Living

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While there is a growing body of research on the social aspects of older people's dance, studies focusing on emotions are rare. In this study, we use an interactionist sociological perspective to examine the role of emotions in older social dancers' experiences in Sweden. Through qualitative interviews with 29 active or previously active dancers, we found that their experiences of emotional energy and experiences of flow override concerns of age and aging. Age, however, did become significant as the age differences at dance events could bring forth feelings of alienation associated with feeling old. In addition, cultural and gendered norms of appropriate age differences between dancing partners produced shame and pride as well as feelings of being either old or young. Moreover, certain bodily experiences were interpreted in terms of age. Overall, the study contributes to the discussions of the complexity of subjective experiences of age by highlighting its emotional aspects through social partner dancing.

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“…The WHO defines 'ageism' as 'stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination towards people on the basis of age', which 'cuts across the life-course and stems from the perception that a person might be too old or too young to be or to do something' (Officer,p299). 4 Not only in research but also in everyday life, ageism infiltrates attitudes about sexuality: attempts by older persons to express sexuality and intimacy are often ridiculed, 5 while stereotypes depict older adults as asexual, 6 prudish and beyond sex. 7 Within healthcare, providers routinely avoid the topic of sexual health with patients over 65 years, despite a much higher frequency of health-related sexual concerns in this age group.…”

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Nothing to be ashamed of: sex robots for older adults with disabilities

Jecker

2020

J Med Ethics

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This paper spotlights ways in which sexual capacities relate to central human capabilities, such as the ability to generate a personally meaningful story of one’s life; be physically, mentally and emotionally healthy; experience bodily integrity; affiliate and bond with others; feel and express a range of human emotions; and choose a plan of life. It sets forth a dignity-based argument for affording older people access to sex robots as part of reasonable efforts to support their central human capabilities at a floor level. The argument develops stepwise: (1) first, I dispel ageism and negative stereotypes about later-life sexuality, showing their deep historical roots in medicine and science; (2) second, I set forth a positive argument, grounded in capability accounts of justice, for deploying sex robots for older people with disabilities; (3) finally, after responding to objections, I conclude that sex robots are a reasonable way to support later-life sexuality for persons with disabilities. While often depicted as a product for younger, able-bodied people, this paper is a bid for reimagining sex robots as a product for older, disabled people.

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Cited by 69 publications

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An inconvenienced youth? Ageism and its potential intergenerational roots.

An inconvenienced youth? Ageism and its potential intergenerational roots.

Dancing My Age: Emotions, Interactions, and Bodily Sensations

Nothing to be ashamed of: sex robots for older adults with disabilities

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