Prejudice And Discrimination: Ageism
Running Head: AGEISM
Prejudice and Discrimination: Ageism
R.G.
ITT-Tech
SP3450 Social Psychology
S. Rogers
2/27/14
Prejudice and Discrimination: Ageism
Ageism to me is a very interesting topic, but more than interesting it is a current and relevant source of information that includes prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, all targeting older persons. Reviews of the age-based attitude research do indicate that as compared with young people, older persons are evaluated more negatively. On the implicit level of evaluation, preferences for young as compared with old persons are found as well. Actually, in recent years there has been a focus of interest on indirect measures of attitudes, in general, …show more content…
“When companies say that experience is a hindrance, they often mean age is a hindrance.” (Lahey 2006). Experience can legitimately be a negative for an employer when the applicant is overqualified. In my case being an older man over 40 years old and the thought that just by being older all the years of hard work at school trying to get a degree could be jeopardized by my age it’s a scary feeling. Older job seekers should consider omitting their age and or graduation dates, to appear as young as possible, to flaunt any technology experience and to state that they embrace change in order to combat prejudice (Ellen, 2012). Women spend a significant amount of time and money in products designed to help them appear younger specially when their perceived to lose their beauty as they …show more content…
Age and obesity discrimination is the fastest growing type of discrimination in the workforce. The federal government established The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 which protected workers 40- years-old and older from being discriminated against based on age. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigates claims of workplace age discrimination in workers 40-years-old and older. In 2008 there were 24,582 complaints of age bias reported to the EEOC (Heather, Kevin, & Jitendra, 2013). The law forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment. Obese people are stereotyped and often discriminated against in the workplace, although antidiscrimination laws for obese people are beginning to come into existence. Employers assume that an overweight employee could potentially have health problems costing the company a considerable amount of money in Health Insurance claims and man hours lost. More people worldwide now die from being overweight and obese than from being underweight. A report states that 1.6 billion overweight or obese people are in the world and 2.5 million deaths are attributable to obesity. Obesity costs over 39 million lost workdays
Prejudice and Discrimination: Ageism
R.G.
ITT-Tech
SP3450 Social Psychology
S. Rogers
2/27/14
Prejudice and Discrimination: Ageism
Ageism to me is a very interesting topic, but more than interesting it is a current and relevant source of information that includes prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination, all targeting older persons. Reviews of the age-based attitude research do indicate that as compared with young people, older persons are evaluated more negatively. On the implicit level of evaluation, preferences for young as compared with old persons are found as well. Actually, in recent years there has been a focus of interest on indirect measures of attitudes, in general, …show more content…
“When companies say that experience is a hindrance, they often mean age is a hindrance.” (Lahey 2006). Experience can legitimately be a negative for an employer when the applicant is overqualified. In my case being an older man over 40 years old and the thought that just by being older all the years of hard work at school trying to get a degree could be jeopardized by my age it’s a scary feeling. Older job seekers should consider omitting their age and or graduation dates, to appear as young as possible, to flaunt any technology experience and to state that they embrace change in order to combat prejudice (Ellen, 2012). Women spend a significant amount of time and money in products designed to help them appear younger specially when their perceived to lose their beauty as they …show more content…
Age and obesity discrimination is the fastest growing type of discrimination in the workforce. The federal government established The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 which protected workers 40- years-old and older from being discriminated against based on age. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigates claims of workplace age discrimination in workers 40-years-old and older. In 2008 there were 24,582 complaints of age bias reported to the EEOC (Heather, Kevin, & Jitendra, 2013). The law forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment. Obese people are stereotyped and often discriminated against in the workplace, although antidiscrimination laws for obese people are beginning to come into existence. Employers assume that an overweight employee could potentially have health problems costing the company a considerable amount of money in Health Insurance claims and man hours lost. More people worldwide now die from being overweight and obese than from being underweight. A report states that 1.6 billion overweight or obese people are in the world and 2.5 million deaths are attributable to obesity. Obesity costs over 39 million lost workdays