ERIC Number: EJ766213
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 17
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Cycles of Discrimination: Older Women, Cumulative Disadvantages, and Retirement Consequences
Davis, Nanette J.
Journal of Education Finance, v31 n1 p65-81 Sum 2005
This article identifies typical life course situations that women experience, which contribute to a cycle of discrimination or a recurrence of disadvantages simply because of their sex, race, or age. Although men suffer social, health, psychological, and economic disadvantages as they age, this article focuses primarily on women as a more deprived group. Male privilege operates at every social class level (Calasanti and Slevin, 2001). A working assumption in this article is that retirement and aging are more discontinuous experiences for men rather than part of the cycle of discrimination experienced by many women. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Females, Social Class, Retirement, Males, Social Bias, Older Adults, Social Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Gender Differences, Social Status, Caregivers, Employment Level, Racial Differences, Marital Status, Income, Mental Health, Dementia, Public Policy
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