Age - the last prejudice?
@freddystickman (29)
January 11, 2010 2:18pm CST
America has a blck President. Racism is thankfully all but eradicated.
Britain has a Queen and has had a female Prime Minister. the glass ceiling has gone, and women are now equal to men.
yes there are pockets of rasicism and sexism, but these are now the exception rather than the rule.
Yet society as a whole is prejudiced about age.
Older people look at the young and think it fine to say they are all rude, or thugs. shops have notices in the window, only allowing a certain amount of children in at one time. This implies all young people are disruptive, or thieves.
At the same time, anyone over 35 finds it hard to get a job. Socially, anyone over 30 who is single is seen to be beyond hope of marrying. Older people are expected to be boring.
Does the world expect everyone to be 25 forever?
I think that ageism is the last remianing widespread predjudice. What do you think?
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
11 Jan 10
I think you are correct in that prejudice against age exists strongly. You are right on that. But you are saddly mistaken IMO if you think the others have been eradicated. If you think racism is gone just because we elected a blak president think again. It's not gone.
@CelticSoulSister (1640)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
11 Jan 10
I have been a victim of ageism a few years ago when trying to find a job in an area that I am very experienced. It seemed to me that the employers would rather have somebody young and attractive yet with no ability, than someone (me!) older and far less attractive, yet reliable, efficient and experienced. Re: prejudice against young people - in a way I can understand how that has happened (and I'm talking about teens in the UK) as a bunch of youths nationwide have behaved so very preposterously, it's tarred all young people with the same brush. Those who are violent, vicious and nasty are so these days to the point where they have made older people from a much more peaceful, freer society (the old days!) fearful of even walking out of their houses in some areas of the country. We don't know who these young people are just by looking at them - therefore can't make a point of avoiding them - and it's made us unfortunately and undesirably have to be wary of everybody under a certain age. I don't want it to be like that, but I'm afraid those young people who do behave like mindless morons have created the prejudice themselves by their behaviour. It's sad that other civilised young people have to suffer because of the behaviour of the morons.
@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
11 Jan 10
I haven't noticed a problem with ageism, and I'm 76. I'm having the time of my life. In fact I'm beginning to brag about my age. I started doing this when I was 75. Life in the teens, and twenty's was for the birds, with nothing but problems. After I got past that I worked 2 jobs for 20 years, and that's hell on earth. No give me retirement anytime. I like retirement so well I've already done it twice. I'm managing 400 Colonies of Honeybees now, and I have no intention of retiring from that anytime soon.
