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Ageism should old people be treated like young adults In this essay, I will discuss a social justice issue known as ageism, which is commonly known as stereotyping and discriminating against people on the basis of age. While discussing this topic, I will be talking about the long history of ageism, and how one American activist organization confronted forced retirement in the United States, as well as the treatment of elderly people in retirement homes, I will also be talking about if elderly people should be treated the same as young adults, while illustrating my arguments by connecting the social issue with the book The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and disappeared, referencing Allan’s experiences. …show more content…

Butler first used the term ageism during a Washington Post interview conducted by cub reporter Carl Bernstein, he used it to define three connected elements of discrimination against seniors, among them were prejudicial attitudes towards older people, old age, and the aging process, unfair practices against older people such as forcing early retirement, and institutional practices and policies that create stereotypes about elderly people, source Nelson, T.D. (Ed.) (2002). Ageism: Stereotyping and Prejudice against Older Persons. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-64057-2. Ageism is prominent mostly because we live in an age-segregated society and we have come to regard most of the negative aspects of aging as natural, inevitable and unproblematic. Many young adults believe that people in their 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s+ are just ineffective, in poor health, and are less physically active than young adults and because of this senior citizens are being forced into retirement the most notable being Maggie Kuhn who was forced into retirement from the Presbyterian Church because she was 65 years old. In response to this Maggie Kuhn decided to band together with other people she knew who were also forced to retire, …show more content…

After many years of staying at the retirement home Alan finally had enough, and he decided that he should run away to prove to the directors that he can still live his life without constantly being

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