Ageism Survey in the UK
The Guardian reports on a survey on attitudes towards age.
Back in the 39 Steps series of books, Richard Hannay was a young man at 39. So when is middle age? When I was a kid it was 40-60. But I wouldn't call Jamie Moyer middle aged.
"If you are a 24-year-old man, you believe that old age begins about 55, which is surprising because if you are a 62-year-old woman, you think youth doesn't end until 57"
posted by brentcu @ 6:38 AM
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Heh. I wanted to make a point last weekend about how "middle-aged" men always sing "My Way" at karaoke. But I was surrounded by people that were anywhere from 40 to 65. So I said something like:
"It's kind of like when guys who think they are past their prime -- you know, whatever age you want to call middle-age, I don't want to name it, because someone will inevitably take offense -- well it's like how they all sing 'My Way' at karaoke..."
I think it weakened my point a bit ;)
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