I want to loosen up and have some fun tonight. Fighting ageism doesn’t need to be grim — that’s bad for my health. After all, I’m not Super-Anti-Ageism Man. I’m just an older man with an ageism problem.
So, let’s deal with it. I’ve got Hot Chip Essentials on my Bose headphones. It’s Friday night, and I’m going to bust some myths for you. The negative age stereotypes are from Professor Becca Levy’s book Breaking The Age Code. (I left out a few of her stereotypes because I have never been in the workplace as an older person and have never been mentally ill.)
Let’s break some things. Here are ten false age stereotypes and my take on them.