AGE + DISPARITY/ EXPERIANCE

Question 1

what do Hepworth and Featherstone state about age inequalities?

Answer 1

• states it needs up picking and the groups of elderly and youth are far too simplistic

Question 2

what do Marsh and Keating argue?

Answer 2

• differnt culutres attach differnt culutral meanig and values to differnt age groups

Question 3

how do young women face inequalities in society?

Answer 3

• harmful practices including female genital cutting, femicide gender-based violence and early marriage and damage to girls’ physical being and self-worth by reinforcing gender-based marginalisation

Question 4

what do countries like Pakistani state about inequality for young girls?

Answer 4

• education is right for all but statistics show there is a huge disparity in gender and schooling
• Malala Yousafzai continues to fight for females to gain equality in education

Question 5

what does Islam argue about elderly people?

Answer 5

• in the Islamic world there is hardly any elderly homes as looking after your parents is seen as an honour a blessing and an opportunity for great spiritual growth, especially for mothers

Question 6

how are the elderly affected globally?

Answer 6

• Ageing is socially constructed
• system of gerontocracy where leaders are significantly older than the adult population

Question 7

an example of a society where the elderly have the most power

Answer 7

In Saudi Arabia the Saud family have all the power largerly being in their 80s and above
- in Kenya, the Samburu where power is with elders where they had priority in choosing their wives while those under 30 had to wait

Question 8

what did Kagan observe in the Colombian peasant village

Answer 8

• old tended to remain socially and economically active and did have a gerontocracy but still valued and respected the members of their community

Question 9

what were nomadic societies like to the elderly?

Answer 9

sees the elderly as a burden to the rest of society so they are neglected or even killed once they start to become a hindrance
- geronticide of senicide known as abandonment death, suicide or killing of elderly - some parts of Tamil Nadu practise it

Question 10

what does Gentlemen outline in his studies?

Answer 10

• day in a care home in Ipswich shows how even with good care and a safe environment the lack of visits from relatives and the monotony make it an unpleasant experience

Question 11

how is youth viewed globally?

Answer 11

• tribes, where boys of three are given a knife and allowed to hunt with a child
• in the the UK, cannot be convicted of a crime until the age of then shows the huge difference

Question 12

what is the experience of children in Canada according to Jean Brigg?

Answer 12

• children are treated with tolerance and lenience as they are seen as not being able to understand certain situations

Question 13

what does Helen Morton argue about the experience of children in Tonga?

Answer 13

• children are seen as those without social competence and need disciplining and punishment children between ages 3 - 5 are often seen as wilful and therefore face a lot of beatings

Question 14

what’s the digital generational gap?

Answer 14

• the clear gap between young and old due to the development of digital media
• causes problems for older people as they are less comfortable with technology

Question 15

what does Dwod argue?

Answer 15

strangers in their own land

Question 16

explain strangers in their own land by Dwod?

Answer 16

• feeling of isolation due to them not being able to understand how to work with technology

Question 17

what is it called when the elderly know how to use technology?

Answer 17

silver surfers