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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>

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 45 or even under 40 "middle-aged" or "old".

The term "Dirty Old Man" has assumed, specifically in the "[[Progressivism|progressive]]" liberal-globalist West, ageist and [[Misandry|misandrist]] connotations, and it is used with bias and double standards and for hateful and toxic propaganda purposes, even against men who aren't to be considered "old".<ref>https://www.achca.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2019&month=09&day=04&id=50:ageism-and-aging</ref><ref>https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/orlandosentinel.com/</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_10</ref>

The term "Dirty Old Man" has assumed, specifically in the "[[Progressivism|progressive]]" liberal-globalist West, ageist and [[Misandry|misandrist]] connotations, and it is used with bias and double standards and for hateful and toxic propaganda purposes, even against men who aren't to be considered "old".<ref>https://www.achca.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2019&month=09&day=04&id=50:ageism-and-aging</ref><ref>https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/orlandosentinel.com/</ref><ref>https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-73820-8_10</ref>