[Maika]

Hello my friends, I hope you are all doing well. I am conducting this survey for a student research essay which aims at investigating a prevalent concern known as Ageism. To get as many varying responses as possible, I thought it would be a good idea to post this on different community forums I'm current part of. That being said, if you have the time, I'd be grateful if you shared your views and experiences on age discrimination.

Estimated time for completion: 30-40 mins

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1) Have you or has someone you know ever experience a situation where you’ve felt people were treating you in unjust ways due to obvious generalizations made to your age? When did this happen? How did it happen? Explain.

2) (If yes) In response to that, how did it effect you personally? How did it effect your family? As a result, did you lose or leave your job? (Was there only a financial struggle that you had to overcome?) Did you feel that there was any long-term effects that followed socially or even psychologically?

3) (If yes) How did you cope with it?

4) Do you believe that the positive aspects of age apply for seniors in the work place are enough to outweigh their more negatively perceived generalizations? Explain.

5) Do you believe that certain dangers are prone to derive from ageist stereotypes? What kind of dangers do you think those would be? Would they be psychological, or would they seem more socially inclined? (For Example: less pay, dismissal, abuse, disrespect, etc.)

6) Scenario: If you were an employer looking to hire a mature, sophisticated worker to fill a managing position at a retail store, would you consider passing by a seemingly reliable, loyal, experienced senior applicant with a better work ethic to a younger, more long-lasting individual? Would you do this to maintain lateral advancements in the workplace? Would you risk a senior employee being short-lived to younger employees? Explain.

7) How difficult do you believe it is to claim ageism as a reason for dismissing one from their job?Is it something you once feared at your workplace?

8) Vincent J. Roscigno, a Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University, believes that "age discrimination is an equal opportunity form of inequality". Do you also believe that to be so? Do you think Ageism is something far more prevalent than other forms of discrimination? Explain.

9) “The point of putting a label on a human life, is reduce it from a story to a condition. Something predictable, something that wont ever change, something that isn't free to choose its own future." — Edward Mendelson Do you agree with this view? Why or why not?

10) Is Ageism ultimately a result of government precepts or does the real answer lie within human incapability to see beyond biological contemplation?

11) Should stereotypes, in involvement with prejudice, be discouraged at the risk of health impairment?

12) Should children or young adults be advocated for when faced with prejudice of their age? Explain.