Older Women and Leisure in Singapore

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ID11201013
AuthorsPeggy Teo (National University of Singapore, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume17
Issue6
Pages649-672
Publication date1997-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x97006661
OpenAlexW2016418656
LanguageEN
Citations received8

The leisure of older women is subject to prejudices of both ageism and sexism. Gender roles and identities lock women into leisure which is experienced mostly within the confines of the home. The lack of material resources also limits their ability to undertake a wider range, as well as a greater number, of leisure activities within the public sphere outside the home. These conditions become emphasised in the more mature years of a woman's life, such that leisure expectations that are assumed for the Third Age seldom materialise. In the study of older women in Singapore, it was found that many engaged in home-bound activities and where these extended into public spaces, the activities conformed to gender and age expectations and according to material resources. The paper argues that leisure, especially for older women, must be contextualised; it requires an understanding of how social ideologies construct gender and age identities and roles, and therefore shape the leisure outcomes and spaces in which they are carried out

Construct (python library) · Ideology · Leisure activity · Leisure time · Older people · Physical activity · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of leisure · Subject (documents) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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