Ageism In An Old Age

To discount the worth of others is human; enraptured as many are in their own personal fables, it becomes quite difficult to acknowledge the supporting characters of their tale as anything more than scenery. Fear also plays its part: if one thinks of a person as less than they are, then what exactly is there to be afraid of? Indeed, this is the query that sits at the heart of ageist thinking-- what is so menacing about the natural course of one’s biological development that merits the discrimination that humans of all ages face? However, this issue may be a shared experience between all humans, but the overwhelming majority of anti-ageist activism has favored only the elderly, leaving the race’s youth to serve as the voiceless outlet for the

However, while discriminatory employment practices and their effects on the economic, emotional, physical, and psychological wellbeing of senior citizens has been studied with intense focus, the plights of younger generations have remained remarkably unexplored. Therefore, it is necessary to define ageism, and also to illustrate the insidious progression of this trend from an ‘old person’s problem’ to the very serious social issue it has

However, as the results of these myriad pathways, the excited verbal discoveries, and the attempts to communicate off-the-wall ideas to a larger audience, go unvalued, these pathways die (Mundkur 855). From the start, children are being taught that what they think is irrelevant, and the immense potential they exhibit is wasted. Though the age-old adage, “from the mouths of babes,” persists as a tongue-in-cheek reminder of the perspicacity of youth, society has yet to pull its head into the sunshine, and apply the truth of this