We are caring people, yet we find it so hard to realise when our kindly meant words are actually Ageist. The answer has to be education. A steady subtle feed of fresh thinking, new realistic images of later years, new words and phrases for us all to use …and sink into our unconscious!
“You look good for your age . At any age it should be you look good!
Telling someone old that they “look young” is an insult. Isn’t it?
You aren’t sure? Try complimenting a woman of today on being bright.
Tell her “You have a brain like a man”.
Unthinking Ageism in Restaurants? Yes! Why havent they thought of these things? Because until you are old, it is very difficult to imagine what being old is like. They need to know. We need to tell them.
