Ageism is the form of prejudice experienced most commonly by people in the UK and that seems to be true pretty much across gender, ethnicity, religion, disability - people of all types experience ageism, and indeed people of all ages experience ageism. |
Ageism is the most pervasive form of prejudice experienced in the UK population and that seems to be true pretty much across gender, ethnicity and religion -- people of all types experience it. |
Ageism is the most pervasive form of prejudice in Britain today, |
If you are a 24-year-old man, you believe that old age begins about 55 [while] if you are a 62-year-old woman, you think youth doesn't end until 57. |
Inter-group contact and positive relationships across the generations seem to be an important mechanism for combating ageist stereotypes, |
Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous. |