Ageing

Question 1

What is the post-modernist viewpoint?

Answer 1

traditional social structures like ageing have lost influence and people have greater individual freedom.

Question 2

who is the post-modernist evidence?

Answer 2

Stephen Hunt

Question 3

what did Hunt argue?

Answer 3

First, the elderly can embody individualization through cosmetic surgery, exercise, and anti-ageing products.

Second, the media now portray the lifestyles of the elderly in positive ways.

Question 4

What is the analysis for post-modernists

Answer 4

pro-natalist policies

Question 5

What is the marxist feminist viewpoint?

Answer 5

ageing population is problematic for capitalism because the elderly are unproductive, whilst at the same time the ageing population masks health inequalities.

Question 6

Who is the marxist feminist evidence?

Answer 6

Chris Phillipson (1982)

Question 7

what did Phillipson say?

Answer 7

elderly lack usefulness to capitalism because they are no longer productive. They no longer make profit because they do not work.

Question 8

Give examples on Phillipson’s argument?

Answer 8

First, the ruling class therefore do not provide enough care support through the state.

Second, this means care for elderly former workers becomes the responsibility of the family, and particularly relatives who are women.

Question 9

What is the analysis for marxist-feminists?

Answer 9

Lesley Doyal (1995) and ONS (2022)