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What does ageism mean?

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  1. The treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age.
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Finally, how do the lenses of classism, ageism and racism, especially when applied together, enable us better to see women's position on ships?
While sexism, ageism and racism have all become social no-nos, fattism remains a perfectly acceptable prejudice.
Finally, the discrimination imposed by sexism has parallels in the prejudice implied by ageism.
Both men are septuagenarians who have felt the pinch of ageism in a business that often dismisses extensive experience and talent as irrelevant.
Feminist writer and broadcaster Bea Campbell explains that ageism towards women is inextricably bound up with sexism.
Ethnic prejudice, ageism, and sexism still prevent many people from advancing.

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