agism
Bias against elders
Agism is discrimination or prejudice based on a person's age, typically against older people in employment, healthcare, or social contexts: Agism in hiring practices keeps qualified older workers unemployed.
The term can also apply to bias against the young.
Usually spelled ageism.
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
unfair treatment · workplace discrimination · mandatory retirement · inequity · bigotry · intolerance · profiling · assumptions
Cultural criteria for attractiveness
- media representationHow media depicts subjects
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- invisibilityState of being unseen
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
outdated · irrelevant · senile · doddering · past prime · over the hill · old fogey · boomer
Mandatory end of employment
- job discriminationPrejudice in hiring or promotion
- hiring practicesHow organizations select employees
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- layoffsMass job eliminations
overqualified · unemployment · resume gaps · tech industry · Silicon Valley · early retirement · severance · downsizing
Pleading for a cause
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- AARPSeniors' advocacy organization
- elder rightsProtections for aging populations
policy reform · inclusion · dignity · respect · empowerment · representation · consciousness raising · legal recourse
Inadequate medical intervention
- misdiagnosisIncorrect identification of ailment
- nursing homesResidential elder care centers
- elder careAssistance for seniors
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
triage · informed consent · quality of life · institutional care · hospitalization
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
marginalization · unfair treatment · workplace discrimination · mandatory retirement · inequity · bigotry · intolerance · profiling · assumptions · disrespect
beauty standards
Cultural criteria for attractiveness
- media representationHow media depicts subjects
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- invisibilityState of being unseen
stereotypes · outdated · irrelevant · senile · doddering · past prime · over the hill · old fogey · boomer · geriatric
forced retirement
Mandatory end of employment
- job discriminationPrejudice in hiring or promotion
- hiring practicesHow organizations select employees
- redundancyNeedless duplication
layoffs · overqualified · unemployment · resume gaps · tech industry · Silicon Valley · early retirement · severance · downsizing · employability
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- AARPSeniors' advocacy organization
elder rights · policy reform · inclusion · dignity · respect · empowerment · representation · consciousness raising · legal recourse · civil rights
undertreatment
Inadequate medical intervention
- misdiagnosisIncorrect identification of ailment
- nursing homesResidential elder care centers
- elder careAssistance for seniors
rationing · triage · informed consent · quality of life · institutional care · hospitalization
agismelder respect
Deference to older people
age equality · gerontocracy · filial piety · ancestor worship
agismracism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
sexism · ableism · classism · homophobia · xenophobia
- aging gracefullyAccepting life's later stages gracefully
- aging parentsMother and father advancing in years
- anti-aging creamSkincare product reducing wrinkles
- aging processBiological decline over time
- premature agingAccelerated biological deterioration
- aging outSurpassing maximum age threshold