PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Elder Abuse, Menopause
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Chapter 14 - middle-aged and older women: a house divided - video. The social construction of age the significance of age is relatively new: a number can be objectively measured. So -- what was old age is now middle age (crawford & unger) Double standard of aging: freud felt change . That women of 30 were unfit for analysis because of psychological rigidity and inability to. But, age is also a social classification: organizing identity and social roles, age is connected to differences in, power, prestige, opportunities. To the extent that age is a source of inequality, it affects women and men (and often the families they are part of) over and above any biological realities. What other factors affect the roles, and outcomes for "aging" women: stereotypes, double standard, marital status. Remarriage --- financial -: education, employment, abuse, middle and older women. Different factors: each can have positive or negative consequences.