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The old are the future


At the time I loved the following story published in Diagonal and I was eager to bringing it to you here. Addresses gender-ageism, discrimination against older people, which means they are treated as if they were invisible, useless, children, grandmas and grandpas mere docile and harmless ... Contempt or condescension ninguneo. are the main feelings aroused in this dictatorship of youth. We see the serious consequences of this trend, like widows are one of the groups that higher rates poverty present in our societies.

But the interesting thing is that there are movements that are fighting this situation in key feminist and Old Women Movement. Among other proposals, speak to reappropriate the word "old" pejorative to transform into a weapon of political demands, as do, for example, gays and lesbians with the words "dyke", "fag" or "queer."

Ageism is a form of sexism, they argue. I leave you with some excerpts from the interview:

The world is ruled by old men but the women of the same age are completely excluded from the public sphere, enclosed in a stereotype that reduces them to their roles in the family. Just as in the '60s and '70s are deconstructed the idea of \u200b\u200bwomen, today it is necessary to deconstruct the stereotypes that weigh upon the old. "Until recently there were only women in the family, as mothers or wives. The model wife of the '50s was submissive, dependent and harmless. With us is the same. We are reduced to the figure of the grandmother, although not even have grandchildren. " (...)



Although the protagonists of the feminist revolution in the '60s and '70s are now reaching old, the ageism has never been part of the agenda feminists. Missing role models, spaces in which to share experiences and intergenerational dialogue. "Women get old without knowing anything about the invisibility and exclusion with which we meet. And worse: having internalized social stereotypes all ages. " In Rich's opinion is crucial that women understand that by accepting the social stereotypes about the old, is a trap for themselves future. "The little power you can get a young woman being lost each year as they get older. The 30 loses power by not having 20, 40 failed to have 30, etc. Ageism disempowering to all women, whatever their age. "

In its actions, Old Women Movement always come accompanied by a large doll with the face of German artist Kathe Kollwitz and dressed in shirts designed by them in which you can read: "The old are your future." A good motto to start looking at them with different eyes.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

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