Women, Aging, and Ageism

Rosenthal, Evelyn R.

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“…Because sexuality for women is associated with youthful beauty, this tends to exclude older women (Doll 2012) and the double-standard persists whereby older females especially face moral censure for acting age-inappropriately, e.g. for being morally ‘loose’ (Rosenthal 1990; Wilcox 1997). Whilst older males expressing desire – appropriately or otherwise – can be stereotyped as a ‘chip-off-the-old-block’ or sometimes ‘dirty old men’, older women who are sexually assertive are commonly seen as breaching a legitimate ageing femininity that demands decorum and passivity (Brown 1992).…”

Section: Definitions: Sexuality Intimacy and ‘Sexual/intimate Citizementioning

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Old(er) care home residents and sexual/intimate citizenship

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Sexuality and intimacy in care homes for older people are overshadowed by concern with prolonging physical and/or psychological autonomy. When sexuality and intimacy have been addressed in scholarship, this can reflect a sexological focus concerned with how to continue sexual activity with reduced capacity. We review the (Anglophone) academic and practitioner literatures bearing on sexuality and intimacy in relation to older care home residents (though much of this applies to older people generally). We highlight how ageism (or ageist erotophobia), which defines older people as post-sexual, restricts opportunities for the expression of sexuality and intimacy. In doing so, we draw attention to more critical writing that recognises constraints on sexuality and intimacy and indicates solutions to some of the problems identified. We also highlight problems faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGB&T) residents who are doubly excluded from sexual/intimate citizenship because of ageism combined with the heterosexual assumption. Older LGB&T residents/individuals can feel obliged to deny or disguise their identity. We conclude by outlining an agenda for research based on more sociologically informed practitioner-led work.

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Section: Definitions: Sexuality Intimacy and ‘Sexual/intimate Citizementioning

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Old(er) care home residents and sexual/intimate citizenship

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“…Varios/as autores/as afirman que el concepto de envejecimiento está cargado de negatividad debido a diversas representaciones que lo vinculan con la dependencia, el fracaso personal, la pérdida de atractivo físico y la pobreza (Calasanti et al, 2006;Montero-García y Bedmar-Moreno, 2010;Rosenthal, 1990). Estas nociones reflejan la poca valoración social que tiene la vejez en comparación a otras etapas de la vida, particularmente, la juventud (Calasanti et al, 2006;Montero-García y Bedmar-Moreno, 2010).…”

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Las personas mayores en la comuna de Peñalolén (Chile): Diagnóstico inicial para la política pública

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2021

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Buscamos ofrecer un diagnóstico inicial sobre el proceso de envejecer en Peñalolén (Chile) que contribuya a la actualización de la política pública local dirigida hacia las personas mayores. Realizamos una caracterización sociodemográfica de la comuna considerando las desigualdades asociadas a la vejez y recopilamos las acciones del gobierno local dirigidas a las personas mayores utilizando fuentes secundarias y una entrevista a un informante clave. Finalmente, sugerimos la incorporación de un enfoque de derechos, de género e intercultural a la política púbica comunal.

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“…However, more recent research has examined mother-daughter relations and has identified patterns that are unique to mothers and their daughters. For example, the adult daughter-mother relationship involves more positive and negative feelings than the father-son relationship (Fingerman, 2003), and daughters are much more likely than sons to provide care to their aging parents (Brody, Hoffman, Kleban, & Schoonover, 1989;Rosenthal, 1990;Spitze & Logan, 1990). …”

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Mother-daughter communicative relationships during adolescence and early adulthood.

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Women, Aging, and Ageism

Cited by 9 publications

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Old(er) care home residents and sexual/intimate citizenship

Old(er) care home residents and sexual/intimate citizenship

Las personas mayores en la comuna de Peñalolén (Chile): Diagnóstico inicial para la política pública

Mother-daughter communicative relationships during adolescence and early adulthood.

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