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Gender, Social Inequalities, and Aging
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The experience of men and women in later life varies enormously, not only along lines of gender but also due to ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and race. In this text on gender issues among the aging, Calasanti and Slevin explore these differences, their genesis, their meaning to men and women, and their treatment in the policy arena. The authors also take to task traditional research on aging and how it ignores these issues. The authors cover topics of work and retirement, body image, sexuality, health, family relationships, and informal care, among many others. The current research and nuanced theoretical approach presented in this brief book makes it the ideal text to correct the stereotypic and monolithic views of the elderly for courses in gender or aging.
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To understand old age problems, one must also understand gender, class, and race.
“This critical perspective recognizes that, to understand the problems of old age, we must also understand the effects of gender, class, and race analyses”
From Self, Society, and the "New Gerontology" (2003) · cites this paper as Calasanti & Slevin, 2001
Their acts of resistance-such as going gray, choosing a simpler life, caring for others, accepting old as a self-description-are less a bulwark against loss of self-esteem than they might be if different cultural norms prevailed.
“Rarely noted and seldom valued even if noticed, their acts of resistance-''going gray,'' choosing to live a simpler, less busy life (Katz, 2000), taking the time to give concentrated care to a parent, a spouse, or a grandchild, accepting ''old'' as a way to describe oneself (Calasanti & Slevin, 2001)-are less a bulwark against the loss of self-esteem than they might be if different cultural norms”
From Self, Society, and the "New Gerontology" (2003) · cites this paper as Calasanti & Slevin, 2001
Looking old and suffering from disabling conditions become personal failures, thereby compounding the problem of aging and contributing to often self-defeating strategies to preserve youthfulness and appear not old.
“Looking old and suffering from disabling conditions become personal failures, thereby compounding the ''problem'' of aging and contributing to often self-defeating strategies to preserve ''youthfulness'' and so appear ''not old'' (Calasanti & Slevin, 2001).”
From Self, Society, and the "New Gerontology" (2003) · cites this paper as Calasanti & Slevin, 2001
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Holstein, M. B., & Minkler, M. (2003) · The Gerontologist · doi:10.1093/geront/43.6.787 · Cited by 503
Metadata
- Authors
- Calasanti, T. M., & Slevin, K. F.
- ORCID
- Calasanti, Toni M.
- Venue
- AltaMira Press eBooks
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press
- Published
- 2001
- OpenAlex
- W4417387377
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- AltaMira Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
- Keywords
- gender differences in aging, older adults, social inequality, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, race, retirement, body image, sexuality in later life, elderly health, family relationships, informal care, aging policy, age stereotypes
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