SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Structural Level, Ageism
13 Apr 2015
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Discrimination and oppression against individuals and groups based on their age ex. students aged 18; not getting a job bc not enough experience, purchasing alcohol, convenience stores not letting more then 2 students in the store at a time. Ageism works in the personal and individual levels and the structural level. 25 to 30 is old enough to not get assumptions but still younger/known as more. Legitimate /below the level of expectation of having children/travel opportunities. 40 to 60 based on the fact that by this age people have a family and a stable job/authority. Old people are viewed by society as bad compared to younger people. Peter: children (and youth) are not adults they have a different world view, different ways of communicating, different status and power, and different rights . The tendency of adults to view children and their problems from a biased, adult perspective .
