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AGE CONSCIOUSNESS - OPENING OUR MINDS TO AGEISM

Age discrimination, as one form of discrimination is the most discussed form of discrimination in the social sciences. This is due to many changes - - from the demographic to legal, medical and the like, but this is also due to the fact that many other forms of discriminations such as by race, gender or ethnicity have already been intensively discussed in the public and academic arena and much of the attitudes expressed have been institutionalized in terms of antidiscrimination laws and other regulative. Butler coined the word 'ageism' to follow the trend of wording discriminations on --isms such as sexism or racism and he defined it as „a process of systematic stereotyping or discrimination against people because they are old, just as racism and sexism accomplish with skin color and gender. This article focuses on age discrimination, i.e. ageism, as a particular type of discrimination that has not yet been fully addressed compared to other more popular types including sex, race, and religion discrimination. The purpose of the paper is to draw attention to age as discriminatory in the society as well as to provide an overview of age discrimination legislation in the international and national arena which is becoming increasingly important in the light of a rapidly aging population in most (industrialized) countries worldwide.

age discrimination, stereotype, prejudice, age discrimination legislation

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