Ageism is discriminating someone solely on one’s age with the presumption of diminished capacity, in other words, someone who has deteriorated traits of memory, thought and feeling processes.
With many hiring professionals who are in their late 20s-50s, they don’t want to hire someone who’s the age of their grandparents and parents. This is stereo typing of someone who they have never met and who are making decisions based on presumptions.
My previous employer top brass who thought that they could fool me into believing that a top ranking employee had a crush on me. What they didn’t know is that this employee resembled my ex husband with his looks, his flannel shirts and his Ford Bronco too. When the time was right, I shared about my ex and the employee. My point is that they presumed the worst of me of being old, gray and presumably dumb. Ageism and harassment.
Ageism is hard to prove legally but many have experienced it throughout the US. The paradox is that many young hires quit due to disenchantment of company plus pay, promotions and problems with immediate superiors.
If you’re a decision maker at your organization, bring up all the discriminatory actions of the, “ism,” including ageism.
Yours Truly,
Leslie Elizabeth David.
The Magnificent Modern Mature Woman 