I found this article published on March 27, 2010 very interesting. Instead of dealing with ageism with the elder population this article is about a sophomore at the University of Connecticut who has filed an age discrimination claim with the university and U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.thetandd.com/articles/2010/03/27/features/14408480.txt
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Opinion from the other side.
BBC is not just ageist against women, says John Simpson
World affairs editor says discrimination comes from top of the Corporation
By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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He once claimed to have liberated Kabul. Now, John Simpson is facing a different kind of war much closer to home: ageism at the BBC. Many female correspondents have railed against age discrimination and now it is the turn of the men. "There are not many of us left," said Simpson, the Corporation's 65-year-old world affairs editor. "We have mostly died out or retired. I'm certainly the oldest person in the BBC newsroom."
He told The Independent that "there should be older people going [to report from] abroad, and there should not be the pressure to give up reporting, after a given age". He added: "I don't see people, certainly reporting, at my sort of age. I don't think there should be rules against it. If they are up to the job [they should do it], but it is a very hard job, in television particularly, lugging lots of recording equipment around, carrying stuff; it's physically hard with long hours." Simpson said he had never been placed under pressure to take retirement and ageism had not affected him directly, but added that he felt there were judgements based around age at the Corporation and "in a big outfit like the BBC, right at the top or fairly near the top, quite a lot of ageism".
He cites one example, an incident in 2009, when he took an idea to BBC1 for a series entitled Top Dogs – a show featuring himself, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, which the channel turned down. "I put forward a proposal with another two elderly characters, but I was told it 'didn't fit the audience profile of BBC1' [which meant] they didn't want old people on BBC1. The proposal was something that BBC2 took up."
Simpson is probably the most experienced BBC correspondent, having reported from more than 120 countries, including 30 war zones, and interviewed many world leaders, but he is acutely aware that he is in the minority among older journalists.
A survey shows that BBC1 has a lower proportion of older talent than its commercial rival ITV. At ITV1, 27 per cent of presenters and actors are aged at least 50 compared with 20 per cent on BBC1. The gap is bigger for men than for women. Twenty-two per cent of BBC1's male actors and presenters are over 50 compared to 29 per cent at ITV1. The figures for women over 50 are 18 per cent at BBC1 and 24 per cent at ITV1, research by Anchor, a residential care provider, has found.
On news and current affairs programmes, the lead is maintained, with 31 per cent of ITV1's presenters being 50 or more compared to 28 per cent at BBC1. But BBC2 had the most age-friendly mix of presenters and actors with 37 per cent being from the 50-plus group, more than any other broadcaster.
There were distinct advantages to nurturing a greyer newsroom, Simpson suggested, with greater experience and a sense of confidence among reporters who were prepared to stand behind the kind of investigative rigour he discusses in his latest book, Unreliable Sources.
"Everything I say is directed towards my own case but one thing you lose [with experience] is your sense of nervousness about saying things that will not be popular.
"If I go somewhere and don't get a story, I just come back and say I don't have a story. You don't feel you have to please people. [It's] a case for older journalists."
World affairs editor says discrimination comes from top of the Corporation
By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
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He once claimed to have liberated Kabul. Now, John Simpson is facing a different kind of war much closer to home: ageism at the BBC. Many female correspondents have railed against age discrimination and now it is the turn of the men. "There are not many of us left," said Simpson, the Corporation's 65-year-old world affairs editor. "We have mostly died out or retired. I'm certainly the oldest person in the BBC newsroom."
He told The Independent that "there should be older people going [to report from] abroad, and there should not be the pressure to give up reporting, after a given age". He added: "I don't see people, certainly reporting, at my sort of age. I don't think there should be rules against it. If they are up to the job [they should do it], but it is a very hard job, in television particularly, lugging lots of recording equipment around, carrying stuff; it's physically hard with long hours." Simpson said he had never been placed under pressure to take retirement and ageism had not affected him directly, but added that he felt there were judgements based around age at the Corporation and "in a big outfit like the BBC, right at the top or fairly near the top, quite a lot of ageism".
He cites one example, an incident in 2009, when he took an idea to BBC1 for a series entitled Top Dogs – a show featuring himself, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, which the channel turned down. "I put forward a proposal with another two elderly characters, but I was told it 'didn't fit the audience profile of BBC1' [which meant] they didn't want old people on BBC1. The proposal was something that BBC2 took up."
Simpson is probably the most experienced BBC correspondent, having reported from more than 120 countries, including 30 war zones, and interviewed many world leaders, but he is acutely aware that he is in the minority among older journalists.
A survey shows that BBC1 has a lower proportion of older talent than its commercial rival ITV. At ITV1, 27 per cent of presenters and actors are aged at least 50 compared with 20 per cent on BBC1. The gap is bigger for men than for women. Twenty-two per cent of BBC1's male actors and presenters are over 50 compared to 29 per cent at ITV1. The figures for women over 50 are 18 per cent at BBC1 and 24 per cent at ITV1, research by Anchor, a residential care provider, has found.
On news and current affairs programmes, the lead is maintained, with 31 per cent of ITV1's presenters being 50 or more compared to 28 per cent at BBC1. But BBC2 had the most age-friendly mix of presenters and actors with 37 per cent being from the 50-plus group, more than any other broadcaster.
There were distinct advantages to nurturing a greyer newsroom, Simpson suggested, with greater experience and a sense of confidence among reporters who were prepared to stand behind the kind of investigative rigour he discusses in his latest book, Unreliable Sources.
"Everything I say is directed towards my own case but one thing you lose [with experience] is your sense of nervousness about saying things that will not be popular.
"If I go somewhere and don't get a story, I just come back and say I don't have a story. You don't feel you have to please people. [It's] a case for older journalists."
BBC faces 'ageism' claim
11:00am Sunday 28th March 2010
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THE BBC is facing calls to increase the number of older people in its programmes as new research reveals 17% of people in the South-West feel BBC1 portrays a negative image of older people.
The news came as the ‘Older Faces Audit’ revealed that only 20% of the presenters and actors on the BBC’s flagship channel are over 50, compared to 27% on its main commercial rival ITV1.
During the week-long observation of national terrestrial television, ITV1 also featured more over 50s on its news and current affairs programmes than BBC1 (31% vs. 28%).
The audit was commissioned by Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, to examine the age profile and depiction of older people on the five major terrestrial television channels.
BBC1 lost out in the battle of the soaps, with 26% of people in the South West saying ITV1 soap Coronation Soap treated older people positively, just ahead of the 25% of the region in favour of Eastenders’ depiction of older faces.
Anchor Chief Executive Jane Ashcroft is calling for a fairer representation of older people in the media. She said: “As a culture we dramatically undervalue the contribution older people make to society and this problem is perpetuated by the media’s fixation with youth.
“It is scandalous that the over 50s are not represented more fairly on television, particularly when they are the fastest growing demographic in this country.
“Rather than condemning older presenters and actors to the scrap heap, it is time for television executives to embrace the wealth of talent and experience they can offer.”
The ‘Older Faces Audit’ also examined the representation of older women on TV. Only one in five (20%) female presenters are over 50, compared to one in four (25%) of their male colleagues.
BBC stalwart David Attenborough was the media personality who most viewers in the South-West felt depicted a positive image of older people.
The Life on Earth presenter won 31% of the vote, ahead of challengers Sir Trevor McDonald (11%) and Bruce Forsyth (9%).
In response to the findings of the Audit, Anchor Chief Executive Jane Ashcroft will be writing to the BBC Trust and Chief Executive of ITV calling for greater representation of older people within the media.
The Older Faces Audit and further information about Anchor can be found at www.anchor.org.uk
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THE BBC is facing calls to increase the number of older people in its programmes as new research reveals 17% of people in the South-West feel BBC1 portrays a negative image of older people.
The news came as the ‘Older Faces Audit’ revealed that only 20% of the presenters and actors on the BBC’s flagship channel are over 50, compared to 27% on its main commercial rival ITV1.
During the week-long observation of national terrestrial television, ITV1 also featured more over 50s on its news and current affairs programmes than BBC1 (31% vs. 28%).
The audit was commissioned by Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, to examine the age profile and depiction of older people on the five major terrestrial television channels.
BBC1 lost out in the battle of the soaps, with 26% of people in the South West saying ITV1 soap Coronation Soap treated older people positively, just ahead of the 25% of the region in favour of Eastenders’ depiction of older faces.
Anchor Chief Executive Jane Ashcroft is calling for a fairer representation of older people in the media. She said: “As a culture we dramatically undervalue the contribution older people make to society and this problem is perpetuated by the media’s fixation with youth.
“It is scandalous that the over 50s are not represented more fairly on television, particularly when they are the fastest growing demographic in this country.
“Rather than condemning older presenters and actors to the scrap heap, it is time for television executives to embrace the wealth of talent and experience they can offer.”
The ‘Older Faces Audit’ also examined the representation of older women on TV. Only one in five (20%) female presenters are over 50, compared to one in four (25%) of their male colleagues.
BBC stalwart David Attenborough was the media personality who most viewers in the South-West felt depicted a positive image of older people.
The Life on Earth presenter won 31% of the vote, ahead of challengers Sir Trevor McDonald (11%) and Bruce Forsyth (9%).
In response to the findings of the Audit, Anchor Chief Executive Jane Ashcroft will be writing to the BBC Trust and Chief Executive of ITV calling for greater representation of older people within the media.
The Older Faces Audit and further information about Anchor can be found at www.anchor.org.uk
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Step II - How to Identify Ageists
1. The Pretenders - These are misguided older folks who believe that age is "all in your head".
2. The Discriminators - Some of their best friends are old, so how could they be ageist? However, they are quick to point out the realistic limitations of older applicants to jobs in their sphere of influence.
3. The Exceptionalists - These elders consider themselves the fortunate exceptions to society's negative view of old people. While they think of themselves as vigorous, productive and useful to society, they imagine most of their peers to be in bad shape, useless and boring.
4. The Colonists - This type is frequently found among politicians, and is not at all rare in the ageism establishment. They may easily be identified because they always preface any word for the ageing with the possessive pronoun, such as "OUR senior citizens" or "MY elderly".
5. The Patronizers - This garden variety is common found in senior programs. To them, the old are just delightful when in "their place" and, like children, should be catered to and played with.
Step III - (The Hardest Step to Accept) We are ALL ageist.
Whether we're young, middle-aged or old, whether we've taken courses in gerontology or not, whether we think we're immune or too well-meaning to be afflicted, we are all ageists.
We're ageist because the society we live in is permeated with ageism. We can no more escape it than we can the chemicals in our food-- or sexism or racism for that matter. But at least in the case of the other two social diseases, there's been some progress and some serious efforts to combat them.
Ageism, by comparison, has been analyzed very little and manifests itself in variations with hardly a challenge.
Step IV - What You Can Do to Help Stamp Out Ageism
1. Quit complimenting people on how young they look.
2. Promote intergenerational job sharing, part-time hours, and no hiring or retirement according to a plan based on chronological age.
3. Try not to blame old age for fatigue or disorganization or forgetfulness. In our youth, we blame poor planning, lack of sleep, and a bad memory.
4. Criticize your local news media when a headline or cartoon is offensive.
5. When selecting a birthday card, keep your sense of humor. Just learn the difference between laughing WITH rather than laughing AT.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Ageism in Hollywood
Too Old for Hollywood? Try Film Directing
By Zorianna Kit
March 2, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Want to be an actor, but you are beyond your 20s. Perhaps a career as a screenwriter, but you heard about age discrimination. Try directing, filmmakers are having all the luck these days -- at any age.
"Shutter Island" from 67-year-old director Martin Scorsese, reigned atop U.S. box offices for the second straight week this past weekend. It dethroned former champ "Valentine's Day" from 75-year-old Garry Marshall, and 76-year-old Roman Polanski's "Ghost Whisperer" is performing well in art houses.
Some quick math on directors nominated for this week's Oscars shows an average age of 48, lowered significantly by the youngish Jason Reitman ("Up In the Air") at age 32.
It seems that if a director makes shrewd casting choices, works in a proven genre, stakes out a sure-fire release date or simply stays in the game long enough, they, like fine wine, get better with age.
"If you're making works that are relevant to today's audience, there is no ageism" in Hollywood, said Paul Dergarabedian, who tracks ticket sales for Hollywood.com.
Ageism has become a dirty word in entertainment in recent years because it seems today's big stars are teens and young adults like Miley Cyrus, 17, Zac Efron, 22 and the "Twilight" actors. Brad Pitt, 46 and Tom Cruise, 47 are just old men.
Late last month, TV writers, talent agents, studios and broadcasters announced a settlement in an age discrimination suit that called for businesses to pay $70 million to writers who believed they were denied jobs and promotions because they were telling stories too old to reach today's audiences.
Yet in a town seemingly always focused on new talent or the next young visionary, filmmakers old enough to be grandfathers are the ones tapping into what today's moviegoers want to see.
Thriller "Shutter Island," which teamed Leonardo DiCaprio and Scorsese, has earned $75 million in two weeks and "Valentine's Day" is at $100 million in three weeks.
By Zorianna Kit
March 2, 2010
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Want to be an actor, but you are beyond your 20s. Perhaps a career as a screenwriter, but you heard about age discrimination. Try directing, filmmakers are having all the luck these days -- at any age.
"Shutter Island" from 67-year-old director Martin Scorsese, reigned atop U.S. box offices for the second straight week this past weekend. It dethroned former champ "Valentine's Day" from 75-year-old Garry Marshall, and 76-year-old Roman Polanski's "Ghost Whisperer" is performing well in art houses.
Some quick math on directors nominated for this week's Oscars shows an average age of 48, lowered significantly by the youngish Jason Reitman ("Up In the Air") at age 32.
It seems that if a director makes shrewd casting choices, works in a proven genre, stakes out a sure-fire release date or simply stays in the game long enough, they, like fine wine, get better with age.
"If you're making works that are relevant to today's audience, there is no ageism" in Hollywood, said Paul Dergarabedian, who tracks ticket sales for Hollywood.com.
Ageism has become a dirty word in entertainment in recent years because it seems today's big stars are teens and young adults like Miley Cyrus, 17, Zac Efron, 22 and the "Twilight" actors. Brad Pitt, 46 and Tom Cruise, 47 are just old men.
Late last month, TV writers, talent agents, studios and broadcasters announced a settlement in an age discrimination suit that called for businesses to pay $70 million to writers who believed they were denied jobs and promotions because they were telling stories too old to reach today's audiences.
Yet in a town seemingly always focused on new talent or the next young visionary, filmmakers old enough to be grandfathers are the ones tapping into what today's moviegoers want to see.
Thriller "Shutter Island," which teamed Leonardo DiCaprio and Scorsese, has earned $75 million in two weeks and "Valentine's Day" is at $100 million in three weeks.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Honoring Aging Women: A clip of the Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHulSzs51X4
This video in a way is very uplifting for aging, and especially for aging in women. It shows a lot of ways Amercia can critique it's attitudes towards not only women aging but men as well. The interview clips are only a work-in-progress of the documentary, but it already shows you how honoring aging of people needs to be valued.
This video in a way is very uplifting for aging, and especially for aging in women. It shows a lot of ways Amercia can critique it's attitudes towards not only women aging but men as well. The interview clips are only a work-in-progress of the documentary, but it already shows you how honoring aging of people needs to be valued.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Here is something interesting that I found on ageism
And it may not just be the elderly who are harmed by ageism. A new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that young, healthy people who stereotype old people may themselves be at risk of heart disease many years down the road. Researchers Becca Levy and Martin D. Slade of the Yale School of Public Health, along with Alan B. Zonderman and Luigi Ferrucci from the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, examined data on hundreds of men and women who have been studied for almost four decades as part of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Back in 1968, when scientists began studying these volunteers, they ranged in age from 18 to 49 and were all in good health. At that time, scientists gathered all sorts of information about the volunteers, including their attitudes toward the elderly. Their images of being old covered the gamut from very positive to very negative.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The Gray Panthers
Combating Ageism: A Matter of Human & Civil Rights
Click HERE to read "Ageism In America", a special report published in 2006 by the International Longevity Center USA (ILC). It defines ageism, describes its status in America in personal and institutional settings, and provides an agenda for action. Dr. Robert Butler, President and CEO of the ILC USA, coined the term "ageism".
Help Stamp Out Ageism!
(Re-printed from National Gray Panthers publication "Network" Volume 1, Issue 2, September/October 1995, page 14.)
Gray Panthers is an intergenerational organization dedicated to bring together young, old, women, men, persons of all ethnic, racial and economic backgrounds for the promotion of social justice.
Step I - Define It
Ageism is:
+ Discrimination based on chronological age.
+ The notion that people cease to be persons by virture of having lived a specific number of years.
+ The use of age to define capability and roles.
+ A process of systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people just because they are old.
+ To be told "you're too old" is as disheartening as to be told "you're too young"; both statements make you a stereotype when in fact you are an individual.
Step II - How to Identify Ageists
1. The Pretenders - These are misguided older folks who believe that age is "all in your head".
2. The Discriminators - Some of their best friends are old, so how could they be ageist? However, they are quick to point out the realistic limitations of older applicants to jobs in their sphere of influence.
3. The Exceptionalists - These elders consider themselves the fortunate exceptions to society's negative view of old people. While they think of themselves as vigorous, productive and useful to society, they imagine most of their peers to be in bad shape, useless and boring.
4. The Colonists - This type is frequently found among politicians, and is not at all rare in the ageism establishment. They may easily be identified because they always preface any word for the ageing with the possessive pronoun, such as "OUR senior citizens" or "MY elderly".
5. The Patronizers - This garden variety is common found in senior programs. To them, the old are just delightful when in "their place" and, like children, should be catered to and played with.
Step III - (The Hardest Step to Accept) We are ALL ageist.
Whether we're young, middle-aged or old, whether we've taken courses in gerontology or not, whether we think we're immune or too well-meaning to be afflicted, we are all ageists.
We're ageist because the society we live in is permeated with ageism. We can no more escape it than we can the chemicals in our food-- or sexism or racism for that matter. But at least in the case of the other two social diseases, there's been some progress and some serious efforts to combat them.
Ageism, by comparison, has been analyzed very little and manifests itself in variations with hardly a challenge.
Step IV - What You Can Do to Help Stamp Out Ageism
1. Quit complimenting people on how young they look.
2. Promote intergenerational job sharing, part-time hours, and no hiring or retirement according to a plan based on chronological age.
3. Try not to blame old age for fatigue or disorganization or forgetfulness. In our youth, we blame poor planning, lack of sleep, and a bad memory.
4. Criticize your local news media when a headline or cartoon is offensive.
5. When selecting a birthday card, keep your sense of humor. Just learn the difference between laughing WITH rather than laughing AT.
6. Fight ageism with two important weapons -- knowledge and a willingness to approach every person, regardless of age, as an individual with unique strengths, weaknesses, options, and opportunities.
Special thanks to Dr. Robert Butler, Tish Sommers, and Dr. Deborah V. Gross for their contributions to this article.
"Ageism." Index. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010..
Click HERE to read "Ageism In America", a special report published in 2006 by the International Longevity Center USA (ILC). It defines ageism, describes its status in America in personal and institutional settings, and provides an agenda for action. Dr. Robert Butler, President and CEO of the ILC USA, coined the term "ageism".
Help Stamp Out Ageism!
(Re-printed from National Gray Panthers publication "Network" Volume 1, Issue 2, September/October 1995, page 14.)
Gray Panthers is an intergenerational organization dedicated to bring together young, old, women, men, persons of all ethnic, racial and economic backgrounds for the promotion of social justice.
Step I - Define It
Ageism is:
+ Discrimination based on chronological age.
+ The notion that people cease to be persons by virture of having lived a specific number of years.
+ The use of age to define capability and roles.
+ A process of systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people just because they are old.
+ To be told "you're too old" is as disheartening as to be told "you're too young"; both statements make you a stereotype when in fact you are an individual.
Step II - How to Identify Ageists
1. The Pretenders - These are misguided older folks who believe that age is "all in your head".
2. The Discriminators - Some of their best friends are old, so how could they be ageist? However, they are quick to point out the realistic limitations of older applicants to jobs in their sphere of influence.
3. The Exceptionalists - These elders consider themselves the fortunate exceptions to society's negative view of old people. While they think of themselves as vigorous, productive and useful to society, they imagine most of their peers to be in bad shape, useless and boring.
4. The Colonists - This type is frequently found among politicians, and is not at all rare in the ageism establishment. They may easily be identified because they always preface any word for the ageing with the possessive pronoun, such as "OUR senior citizens" or "MY elderly".
5. The Patronizers - This garden variety is common found in senior programs. To them, the old are just delightful when in "their place" and, like children, should be catered to and played with.
Step III - (The Hardest Step to Accept) We are ALL ageist.
Whether we're young, middle-aged or old, whether we've taken courses in gerontology or not, whether we think we're immune or too well-meaning to be afflicted, we are all ageists.
We're ageist because the society we live in is permeated with ageism. We can no more escape it than we can the chemicals in our food-- or sexism or racism for that matter. But at least in the case of the other two social diseases, there's been some progress and some serious efforts to combat them.
Ageism, by comparison, has been analyzed very little and manifests itself in variations with hardly a challenge.
Step IV - What You Can Do to Help Stamp Out Ageism
1. Quit complimenting people on how young they look.
2. Promote intergenerational job sharing, part-time hours, and no hiring or retirement according to a plan based on chronological age.
3. Try not to blame old age for fatigue or disorganization or forgetfulness. In our youth, we blame poor planning, lack of sleep, and a bad memory.
4. Criticize your local news media when a headline or cartoon is offensive.
5. When selecting a birthday card, keep your sense of humor. Just learn the difference between laughing WITH rather than laughing AT.
6. Fight ageism with two important weapons -- knowledge and a willingness to approach every person, regardless of age, as an individual with unique strengths, weaknesses, options, and opportunities.
Special thanks to Dr. Robert Butler, Tish Sommers, and Dr. Deborah V. Gross for their contributions to this article.
"Ageism." Index. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Mar. 2010.
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