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Ageism also manifests itself outside institutional-health and media channels, reverberating in social relations and relationships, where there is overt or more veiled discrimination against the elderly or older person which may be motivated by economic, social or commercial reasons. Age discrimination is the result of actions taken to deny or limit opportunities to people on the basis of age, a [[social construct]]. It usually involves actions taken as a result of a person's ageist beliefs and attitudes. Age discrimination occurs at both personal and institutional levels, often even in modern Western mainstream journalism and entertainment in the form of propaganda and dis/misinformation, especially towards/against males.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3093486/trivia</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5906162/trivia</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313139/trivia</ref><ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4863440/trivia</ref>

Ageism also manifests itself outside institutional-health and media channels, reverberating in social relations and relationships, where there is overt or more veiled discrimination against the elderly or older person which may be motivated by economic, social or commercial reasons. Age discrimination is the result of actions taken to deny or limit opportunities to people on the basis of age, a [[social construct]]. It usually involves actions taken as a result of a person's ageist beliefs and attitudes. Age discrimination occurs at both personal and institutional levels, often even in modern Western mainstream journalism and entertainment in the form of propaganda and dis/misinformation, especially towards/against males.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3093486/trivia</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5906162/trivia</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313139/trivia</ref><ref>https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4863440/trivia</ref>

Age discrimination is the result of actions taken to deny or limit opportunities to people based on age. These are usually actions taken as a result of one's ageist beliefs and attitudes. Age discrimination occurs on both a personal and institutional level. On a personal level, an older person may be told that he is too old to engage in certain physical activities, like an informal game of [[basketball]] between friends and family. Or may be even told (most common in today's liberal-globalist Western society) to be too old to date or be just sexually attracted to much younger people and to have a much younger partner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prejudice against age-gap couples |url=https://www.wakemag.org/online/2019/12/9/prejudice-against-age-gap-couples |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=The Wake |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Katie |title=Age gaps: The relationship taboo that won't die |url=https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220317-age-gaps-the-relationship-taboo-that-wont-die |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why People Still Look Down on Couples with a Major Age Differences {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/202101/why-people-still-look-down-couples-major-age-differences |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sela |first=Yael |last2=Pham |first2=Michael N. |last3=Mogilski |first3=Justin K. |last4=Lopes |first4=Guilherme S. |last5=Shackelford |first5=Todd K. |last6=Zeigler-Hill |first6=Virgil |date=2018-08-01 |title=Why do people disparage May–December romances? Condemnation of age-discrepant romantic relationships as strategic moralization |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691830120X |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |language=en |volume=130 |pages=6–10 |doi=10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.004 |issn=0191-8869}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-26 |title=Harry Styles is helping to debunk stigmas around age gaps in relationships |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/age-gap-relationships |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=20 Older Celebrities Who Actually Dated Teenagers |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-dated-teenagers/elle-tharp |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Ranker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=Celeb couples with big age gaps |url=https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-plus-more-celeb-couples-with-big-age-gaps-32491.gallery |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Wonderwall.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaworski |first=Michelle |date=2022-08-02 |title='Well I hope longtime isn't any longer than 5 years': Dane Cook engagement renews discourse over age gap |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/dane-cook-kelsi-taylor-engagement-discourse/ |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=When did Dane Cook and Kelsi Taylor Meet? Internet Slams Couple's Age Gap - NewsTimes.com.ng |url=https://www.newstimes.com.ng/when-did-dane-cook-and-kelsi-taylor-meet-internet-slams-couples-age-gap/ |access-date=2022-09-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Engle |first=Gigi |date=May 21, 2021 |title=Why Are We So Obsessed With Age Gaps in Relationships? |url=https://www.thebody.com/article/age-gaps-relationships/ |website=TheBody}}</ref>

Age discrimination is the result of actions taken to deny or limit opportunities to people based on age. These are usually actions taken as a result of one's ageist beliefs and attitudes. Age discrimination occurs on both a personal and institutional level. On a personal level, an older person may be told that he is too old to engage in certain physical activities, like an informal game of [[basketball]] between friends and family. Or may be even told (most common in today's "[[Progressivism|progressive]]" liberal-globalist Western society) to be too old to date or be just sexually attracted to much younger people and to have a much younger partner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prejudice against age-gap couples |url=https://www.wakemag.org/online/2019/12/9/prejudice-against-age-gap-couples |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=The Wake |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Katie |title=Age gaps: The relationship taboo that won't die |url=https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220317-age-gaps-the-relationship-taboo-that-wont-die |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Why People Still Look Down on Couples with a Major Age Differences {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/202101/why-people-still-look-down-couples-major-age-differences |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sela |first=Yael |last2=Pham |first2=Michael N. |last3=Mogilski |first3=Justin K. |last4=Lopes |first4=Guilherme S. |last5=Shackelford |first5=Todd K. |last6=Zeigler-Hill |first6=Virgil |date=2018-08-01 |title=Why do people disparage May–December romances? Condemnation of age-discrepant romantic relationships as strategic moralization |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188691830120X |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |language=en |volume=130 |pages=6–10 |doi=10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.004 |issn=0191-8869}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-26 |title=Harry Styles is helping to debunk stigmas around age gaps in relationships |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/article/age-gap-relationships |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=20 Older Celebrities Who Actually Dated Teenagers |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-dated-teenagers/elle-tharp |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Ranker |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=Celeb couples with big age gaps |url=https://www.wonderwall.com/celebrity/johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-plus-more-celeb-couples-with-big-age-gaps-32491.gallery |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Wonderwall.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jaworski |first=Michelle |date=2022-08-02 |title='Well I hope longtime isn't any longer than 5 years': Dane Cook engagement renews discourse over age gap |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/dane-cook-kelsi-taylor-engagement-discourse/ |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-03 |title=When did Dane Cook and Kelsi Taylor Meet? Internet Slams Couple's Age Gap - NewsTimes.com.ng |url=https://www.newstimes.com.ng/when-did-dane-cook-and-kelsi-taylor-meet-internet-slams-couples-age-gap/ |access-date=2022-09-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Engle |first=Gigi |date=May 21, 2021 |title=Why Are We So Obsessed With Age Gaps in Relationships? |url=https://www.thebody.com/article/age-gaps-relationships/ |website=TheBody}}</ref>

Another case is calling a middle-aged or barely middle-aged person "old" or "elderly", or even calling an adult under 50-45 or even under 40 "middle-aged" or "old".

Another case is calling a middle-aged or barely middle-aged person "old" or "elderly", or even calling an adult under 50-45 or even under 40 "middle-aged" or "old".

====Discrimination against younger workers====

====Discrimination against younger workers====

Age discrimination, at least when it affects younger workers, can result in unequal pay for equal work. Unlike race and gender discrimination, age discrimination in wages is often enshrined in law.  For example, in both the United States<ref>[http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/q-a.htm Questions and Answers About the Minimum Wage], US Department of Labor</ref> and the United Kingdom<ref>[http://www.agepositive.gov.uk/news/minimum_wage.asp Age Positive], Department for Work and Pensions in Sheffield and London</ref> minimum wage laws allow for employers to pay lower wages to young workers.  Many state and local minimum wage laws mirror such an age-based tiered minimum wage.  Outside of the law, older workers, on average, make more than younger workers do.  Firms may be afraid to offer older workers lower wages than younger workers.   

Age discrimination, at least when it affects younger workers, can result in unequal pay for equal work. Age discrimination in wages is often enshrined in law.  For example, in both the United States<ref>[http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/q-a.htm Questions and Answers About the Minimum Wage], US Department of Labor</ref> and the United Kingdom<ref>[http://www.agepositive.gov.uk/news/minimum_wage.asp Age Positive], Department for Work and Pensions in Sheffield and London</ref> minimum wage laws allow for employers to pay lower wages to young workers.  Many state and local minimum wage laws mirror such an age-based tiered minimum wage.  Outside of the law, older workers, on average, make more than younger workers do.  Firms may be afraid to offer older workers lower wages than younger workers.   

Labor regulations also limit the age at which someone is allowed to work and how many hours and under what conditions they may work.  In the United States you must generally be 14 to seek a job, and face additional restrictions on your work until 16.<ref>[http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/agerequirements.htm Youth & Labor - Age Requirements], US Department of Labor</ref> Many companies refuse to hire workers under 18.

Labor regulations also limit the age at which someone is allowed to work and how many hours and under what conditions they may work.  In the United States you must generally be 14 to seek a job, and face additional restrictions on your work until 16.<ref>[http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/agerequirements.htm Youth & Labor - Age Requirements], US Department of Labor</ref> Many companies refuse to hire workers under 18.