Age Inequality Flashcards
( workplace) wc youths see futures as working in basic manual labour jobs so don’t aspire for more
Willis
( workplace) ageism occurs in workplace, institutionalised and embedded in society
- stereotypical assumptions about a persons competency to do a job in relation to age
Johnson
( workplace) 1/5 of older people in uk live below the poverty line
National Pensioners Convention (NPC)
( workplace ) young and elderly people more likely to be in the secondary labour market
- low pat, low status, lack of chances
Barron and Norris
( workplace ) middle age identity is related closely to consumption
- highest disposable income, conspicuous consumption
Saunders
( workplace) once made redundant from steel works jobs, men felt loss of identity
- no longer breadwinner
Mckenzie
( crime ) of children and youth in custody, 3/4 have absent fathers, 1/2 in deprived houses and 1/2 ran away from care
Jacobsen
( crime) wc youths in London face deprivation and turn to crime for income ( ‘street casino’)
Harding
( media ) negative labelling of youths ( mods and rockers)
- labelled as ‘folk devils ‘ who threaten morals
- leads to self fulfilling prophecy
Cohen
( media ) youths labelled as dysfunctional, suffering a deficit and deviant
Griffen
( media ) researched language used by journalists to describe young people
- dangerous, in need of protection and immature
Kelly
( media ) idea of childhood has begun to disappear
- children are sexualised
- adults and children share the same things
Postman
( media ) old people stereotyped as a burden, grumpy and mentally challenged
Age concern UK
( media ) older people ignored in advertising, presented as ‘ smelly and incompetent ‘
Carrigan and Schmigin
( media ) double standard of ageing
- women required to remain youthful
Sontag
