| | 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 "[[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><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/19/big-age-gap-relationship-sex-consent-adults</ref><ref>https://youtube.com/shorts/oe1gyxVRUZc?si=9QTfixXvXwDzNAmY</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/SmjIK03mLJw?si=E0ioflz4_Yr-lJs6</ref> The film ''Malcolm & Marie'', for example, received ageist and bigoted backlash (mainly from liberal and leftist people and critics) just for the 12 year age difference between the two actors Zendaya and John David Washington portraying the protagonist characters, an age gap not even that large and especially if compared to many others.<ref>https://screenrant.com/malcolm-marie-movie-zendaya-age-gap-backlash-explained/</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><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/19/big-age-gap-relationship-sex-consent-adults</ref><ref>https://youtube.com/shorts/oe1gyxVRUZc?si=9QTfixXvXwDzNAmY</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/SmjIK03mLJw?si=E0ioflz4_Yr-lJs6</ref> The film ''Malcolm & Marie'', for example, received ageist and bigoted backlash (mainly from liberal and leftist people and critics) just for the 12 year age difference between the two actors Zendaya and John David Washington portraying the protagonist characters, an age gap not even that large and especially if compared to many others.<ref>https://screenrant.com/malcolm-marie-movie-zendaya-age-gap-backlash-explained/</ref> In 2022 (and one example of ageism in Hollywood), while promoting ''Jurassic World: Dominion'', actress Laura Dern has publicly said ageist statements about the age difference between couples when she spoke about the age difference between her character in ''Jurassic Park'', Dr. Ellie Sattler, and Sam Neill's character, Dr. Alan Grant.<ref>https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/jurassic-park-laura-dern-sam-neill-age-b2085006.html</ref> |
| | 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".<ref>https://youtube.com/shorts/oe1gyxVRUZc?si=9QTfixXvXwDzNAmY</ref> | | 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".<ref>https://youtube.com/shorts/oe1gyxVRUZc?si=9QTfixXvXwDzNAmY</ref> |