"Ageism" in Brazil

What Is It? Who Does It? What to Do With It

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2490920
AutoresAna Maria Goldani (Princeton University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume27
Fascículo2
Páginas385-405
Data de publicação2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista Brasileira de Estudos de População (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0102-3098 • E-ISSN: 1980-5519
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-30982010000200009
OpenAlexW2098236124
SCIELO_PIDS0102-30982010000200009
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas37

The main goal of this article is to call attention to ageism and age as a part of the Brazilian system of prejudice and discrimination. Although ageism and age discrimination are often used interchangeably, ageism refers essentially to the system of attitudes so often attributed by individuals and society to others by age, while age discrimination describes a situation in which age is the deciding factor. An example of age discrimination is when an employer decides to recruit, to promote, to retrain or to retire/dismiss an employee based only upon age. While noticing someone's age is not inherently offensive, acting on age-based stereotypes clearly is a prejudice against the individual that often goes unchallenged by mainstream society. This article relies on empirical findings and the cumulative knowledge on discrimination of the elderly, and discusses theoretical positions that link age discrimination with ageism. We argue that ageism and the practice of age discrimination in Brazil should be viewed as part of the multiple forms of discrimination experienced by individuals. A central assumption guiding this paper is that the way we frame ageism and intergenerational relations has a significant effect on both perceived age discrimination and support for age-based social programs and it will be illustrated for the Brazilian case

Age discrimination · Frame (networking · Information Age · Mainstream · Offensive · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Aging and Gerontology Research · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology