Sentences with phrase «of ageist»

Age discrimination is a consequence of ageist attitudes.

That sort of ageist slur is rooted in the pejoratives of everyday language, where the old are also «spry,» «crusty,» «well preserved.»»

But, possibly because of ageist policies, that's changing: more and more rising tech companies are led by founders in their 20s.

Not exact matches

But different countries have different rules about the maximum age of applicants and some UK lenders have been called «ageist» after decreasing upper - age limits, says overseas property and finance expert, UK - based Simon Conn..

Mr Conn says some UK mortgage lenders have been accused of being «ageist» after decreasing their maximum age limits on lending from 85 or 80 years down to 70 years the rules in other overseas markets vary.

Don't try and hit me with some ageist comment either as Cazorla proved this season that you're NEVER too long in the tooth to refine parts of your game as long as you're willing.

The results highlight just how crucial it is for older adults, as well clinicians, to be aware of how ageist beliefs about older adults can affect older adults» real memory test performance.

In fact, while cognitive processes do decline with age, simply reminding older adults about ageist ideas actually exacerbates their memory problems, reveals important new research from the USC Davis School of Gerontology.

Ageist stereotypes fluctuated with the ages of the youths studied, with 7 - to 9 - year - olds expressing the most prejudice and 10 - to 12 - year - olds expressing the least, the study found.

«The most important factor associated with ageist stereotypes was poor quality of contact with grandparents,» explains Allison Flamion, a PhD student in psychology at the University of Liege, who led the research team.

When it came to ageist views, we found that quality of contact mattered much more than frequency.»

It found that ageist stereotypes in children and adolescents generally decrease around ages 10 to 12, and that young people who say they have very good contact with their grandparents have the lowest levels of ageism.

A new Belgian study looked into the causes of age discrimination and found that children with poor relations with their grandparents were significantly more ageist than those who had happy relationships with their grandparents.

The problem is that many of these terms also have ending sounds similar to «ageist» «racist» «sexist» so uneducated people automatically give it a wrong meaning.

These age groups often did not receive sexual health education at younger ages and tend to not be the target population for current safe sex campaigns due to ageist notions of sexuality.

These days, 30 - something actresses from Liv Tyler to Maggie Gyllenhaal are finding themselves out of contention for prime roles because of Hollywood's ageist attitudes.

But Turteltaub pulls out quite a few ageist and hoary images from his grab - bag of stereotypes.

First, at the risk of sounding ageist, because of the hierarchical nature of Japanese companies, it winds up being that the most senior executives at the company cut their teeth during NES and Super NES days and do not really understand modern gaming, so adopting things like online gaming, account systems, friends lists, as well as understanding the rise of PC gaming has been very slow.

Third Eye Kaleidoscope was an investigation into these new renditions of New Ageist beliefs or, as the artists call it, The New New Age.

In fact, the Equality Act of 2010 actually prohibits companies from being ageist in any way.

The same CareerBuilder survey referenced above showed that employers rejected candidates with profiles showing evidence of drinking or drug use, provocative images, or comments that could be interpreted as sexist, racist, or ageist.

Brooklyn, NY About Blog Ashton Applewhite is a writer who has written a book called This Chair Rocks, and blogs about the advantages and disadvantages of aging in her blog Yo, Is this Ageist?

It is the white hair that have signalled me as an old woman and because of this I have noticed ageist behaviour towards me even before I retired at 60.