The lookism of a senior citizen's ageing body - utopia or reality? The perspective of Polish elderly women and elderly men
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1 décembre 2019
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10.22355/exaequo.2019.40.07
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Sizism Appearance bias Appearance discrimination Sizeism Body-size bias Looks-ism Appearance-based bias Physical appearance discrimination Size bias, Body Appearance-based discrimination Lookism Size discrimination Look-ism Looksism Ageing Senescence Age--Physiological effect Older persons Older adults Seniors (Older people) Elderly people Old people Senior citizens Aging people AgedCiter ce document
Emilia Kramkowska, « The lookism of a senior citizen's ageing body - utopia or reality? The perspective of Polish elderly women and elderly men », Ex aequo - Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres, ID : 10670/1.0s9m83
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Widespread worship of the human body as well as new opportunities to preserve its attractiveness, shape social expectations about human corporality regardless of age. Individuals whose appearance meets these socially promoted expectations gain social approval unlike those whose body is far from the ideal. These second group might experience discrimination on the grounds of their looks (lookism). Seniors might be an example of such people. Based on a research project conducted in Poland among elderly people it might be said that, in the opinion of the respondents, lookism of an ageing body is not a utopia. Seniors notice the risk of the worse treatment of elderly people only because their body is different from the socially promoted model.