How A Woman Ages

Author : Robin Marantz Henig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Aging
ISBN : 0345317807

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How a Woman Ages by Robin Marantz Henig Pdf

Author : Susan Feldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000319477

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A Certain Age by Susan Feldman Pdf

Older women run their own businesses. Older women go to aerobics classes. Older women fall in love. In fact, older women have active lives and make a major contribution to the community despite the the public assumption that they are past their use-by date. A Certain Age explores the public and private worlds of older women. Challenging the emphasis on declining health in other studies of ageing, it looks at the interactions between older women and family, friends and the community, as well as their work and leisure activities. The authors discuss the factors that are important in older woman's lives such as home, menopause, fitness, learning, widowhood and intimacy. They show that many older women maintain good health and an independent lifestyle while others experience barriers that prevent them from continuing to be active members of their community. A Certain Age is valuable reading for anyone who works with older people, develops programs or policies for older people, or is interested in the experience of growing older.

Author : Robin Marantz Henig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Aging
ISBN : 0345317807

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How a Woman Ages by Robin Marantz Henig Pdf

In your prime, you may be reluctant to look at the question of aging. But you'll be surprised to find much to be hopeful about. As a member of the first generation of women to exercise regularly, eat nutritiously, and enjoy better medical and dental care, you start with real advantages. Armed with the latest medical knowledge, you can expect to retain your health, looks, intelligence, and sexuality even into your seventies and eighties. (If you've been less than diligent in caring for yourself, take heart -- it's never too late to change your lifestyle.) How A Woman Ages is upbeat, up-to-date, and designated to help you understand the entire aging process so you can get better as you get older.

Author : Susan O Mercer,J Dianne Garner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136615078

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Women as They Age by Susan O Mercer,J Dianne Garner Pdf

Explore the needs of older women and ways to provide for them! Written by women, about women, and for women, Women As They Age, Second Edition highlights the realities of being an aging woman in a youth-oriented, male-dominated society, in which socioeconomic and gender stratification are the norm. In the eleven years since the publication of the original Women as They Age, there has been a great deal of research on the subject. This second edition is inclusive and current, providing valuable information on the needs and accomplishments of our present and future older population. Here you'll encounter women from the mainstream and minorities of all kinds, and come to a better understanding of their personal and family relationships, their sexuality, their concerns, and their feelings about death and dying. Public policies towards aging women are discussed, as are psychological and sociological perspectives. In its focus on older women, Women As They Age, Second Edition, highlights the challenges that these women present to professionals whose job it is, directly or indirectly, to provide assistance to the vast array of aging and aged women. This valuable multidisciplinary book--aimed at students, practitioners, administrators, and educators--addresses crucial issues in social work, nursing, psychology, sociology, gerontology, and economics. New subjects covered in this edition include: grandmothers raising grandchildren long-term care for aging women the current status of public policy as it pertains to older women older women's changing perspectives on sexuality new issues surrounding death and dying Women as They Age, Second Edition explores state-of-the-art and developmental perspectives across the professions of sociology, psychology, social work, and nursing. Also provided is a close examination of the unique issues facing older women--including public policy, employment discrimination, and social program adequacy and equity; the relationship of older women to family; sexuality and intimacy; and special concerns of minority women. This volume includes a practical resource guide that explores the services available to older women. While addressing the troublesome situations of older women worldwide, Women As They Age, Second Edition also celebrates their triumphs, accomplishments, and contributions.

Author : Mary Pipher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781632869623

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Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher Pdf

New York Times Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller* Los Angeles Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller A guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age by the author of Reviving Ophelia. Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, caregiver, clinical psychologist, and cultural anthropologist, she explores ways women can cultivate resilient responses to the challenges they face. “If we can keep our wits about us, think clearly, and manage our emotions skillfully,” Pipher writes, “we will experience a joyous time of our lives. If we have planned carefully and packed properly, if we have good maps and guides, the journey can be transcendent.”

Author : Kathleen Woodward
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999-03-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0253212367

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Figuring Age by Kathleen Woodward Pdf

Figuring Age engages the virtually invisible subject of older women in western culture. Like other markers of social difference, age is given meaning by a culture. Yet unlike gender and race, the subjects of age and aging have received little sustained attention. Central to Figuring Age is the crucial question of how women are aged by culture. How are older women represented in a visual culture that is dominated by images of youth in television, film, and life performance? How do psychoanalysis, rejuvenation therapy and hormone replacement therapy, the fashion system, cosmetic surgery, and midlife bodybuilding shape our views of aging as well as of the older body itself? What is the "timing" of aging? To what extent is aging a culturally-induced trauma?

Author : Merry Wiesner Hanks,Monica Chojnacka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317875819

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Ages of Woman, Ages of Man by Merry Wiesner Hanks,Monica Chojnacka Pdf

The collection is organized around two main principles, stages of life and gender, and is divided into eight chapters: childhood, youth and sexuality, courtship and weddings, married life, economic life, networks and communities, and widowhood and old age. The sources address the numerous and varied ways in which women and men’s notions of themselves affected their lives, and explore how accepted norms of masculine and feminine behaviour influenced social, economic, and religious change. Guided by a general editors' introduction and then an introduction to each chapter, the user will find this an invaluable reference companion to early modern gender history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0160771838

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The Healthy Woman: A Complete Guide for All Ages by Anonim Pdf

Comprehensive health guide written in simple language and illustrated with many photographs, designed to appeal to a large audience of all cultural backgrounds, from teens to senior adults. Empowers women to: * Recognize symptoms relating to particular diseases impacting a woman's health * Explores possible treatment options * Covers the latest recommendations for key health screenings, tests, and immunizations This guidebook also contains full-color charts and diagrams to help readers understand their bodies and offers information not found in other women's health resources, such as how to teach women to read a Prescription Drug Label, explore insurance options, and tips along with graphic representations for healthy eating and managing portion sizes, and more. Includes a glossary, extensive bibliography, additional resources, and a cross-referenced index.

Author : Claudia Goldin,Lawrence F. Katz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226532646

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Women Working Longer by Claudia Goldin,Lawrence F. Katz Pdf

Today, more American women than ever before stay in the workforce into their sixties and seventies. This trend emerged in the 1980s, and has persisted during the past three decades, despite substantial changes in macroeconomic conditions. Why is this so? Today’s older American women work full-time jobs at greater rates than women in other developed countries. In Women Working Longer, editors Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz assemble new research that presents fresh insights on the phenomenon of working longer. Their findings suggest that education and work experience earlier in life are connected to women’s later-in-life work. Other contributors to the volume investigate additional factors that may play a role in late-life labor supply, such as marital disruption, household finances, and access to retirement benefits. A pioneering study of recent trends in older women’s labor force participation, this collection offers insights valuable to a wide array of social scientists, employers, and policy makers.

Author : Ruth Raymond Thone
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Ageism
ISBN : UOM:39015028433731

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Women and Aging by Ruth Raymond Thone Pdf

In our youth-oriented, patriarchal society, aging and older women often find themselves either ignored, pitied, or feared. Women and Aging is a valuable guide to help women break through the negative stereotypes of old age and find personal fulfillment through the stages of maturity. Full of warmth and support, Women and Aging strongly enables women to take and remain in control of their lives instead of passively letting others make life-changing--and possibly harmful--decisions for them. This essential guide for aging will help women increase the vitality of their old age, as it urges them to continue to plan for the future, keep and develop strong relationships, increase their overall wellness, and not be afraid to take risks. Truly a celebration of aging, the author's illuminating descriptions of her own aging and how she has overcome society's restrictions are sure to be a source of inspiration for all women--no matter what their ages. Women and Aging begins by addressing cultural attitudes toward women, including appearance, language, behavior, and "women's work." The middle section encourages women to face their fears and limitations and express their emotions, while the concluding chapters are a virtual "guide to life," showing how to live life to the fullest and find inner fulfillment while aging. Along with her own continuing narrative, the author includes a multitude of personal glimpses into the aging processes of other women. This uplifting, helpful book will be of great value not only for aging women, but for women of all ages who are interested in taking active control of their own lives.

Author : Barbara Joans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-10
Category : Aging
ISBN : 1482756013

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The Changing Woman by Barbara Joans Pdf

The Changing Woman: Women of A Certain Age is a book about the experience of women growing older, written by a woman, for women. What does it mean to be old? What does it mean to "act your age"? Is there a blueprint somewhere? In The Changing Woman, Dr. Barbara Joans (author of Bike Lust: Harleys, Women and American Society), calls upon a career as an anthropologist and uses a personal framework to define and explore the experiences of being a woman in her 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond.

Author : Christian Rudder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Internet
ISBN : 0345812581

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Dataclysm by Christian Rudder Pdf

"What is the secret to a stable marriage? How many gay people are still in the closet? Do we truly live in a postracial society? Has Twitter made us dumber? These are just a few of the questions Christian Rudder answers in Dataclysm, a smart, funny, irreverent look at how we act when we think no one's looking.

Author : Laura Hurd Clarke
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442207615

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Facing Age by Laura Hurd Clarke Pdf

The first book in the new series Diversity and Aging, Laura Hurd Clarke's Facing Age examines the relationship between aging and women in a culture obsessed with youthfulness. From weight gain, to wrinkles, to sagging skin, to gray hair, the book explores older women's complex and often contradictory feelings about their bodies and the physical realities of growing older. Although the women in the book express discontent about their aging visage, they also emphasize the importance of functional abilities and suggest that appearance becomes less central in later life. Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted over a ten year period, Hurd Clarke brings alive feminist theories about aging, beauty work, femininity, and the body. The book also discusses medicine and the aging appearance, with interviews from medical providers and women about treatments such as Botox injections and injectable fillers. This book makes an important and timely contribution to the discussion of gendered ageism and older women's experiences of growing older in a youth-obsessed culture.

Author : J. Dianne Garner,Susan O. Mercer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : OCLC:476298373

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Women as They Age by J. Dianne Garner,Susan O. Mercer Pdf

The focus is on the crucial economic, social, and health issues facing older women today: widowhood, longevity, feminization of poverty, employment discrimination, inadequate social programs, and chronic health problems. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : J. Brooks Bouson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319317113

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Shame and the Aging Woman by J. Brooks Bouson Pdf

This book brings together the research findings of contemporary feminist age studies scholars, shame theorists, and feminist gerontologists in order to unfurl the affective dynamics of gendered ageism. In her analysis of what she calls “embodied shame,” J. Brooks Bouson describes older women’s shame about the visible signs of aging and the health and appearance of their bodies as they undergo the normal processes of bodily aging. Examining both fictional and nonfiction works by contemporary North American and British women authors, this book offers a sustained analysis of the various ways that ageism devalues and damages the identities of otherwise psychologically healthy women in our graying culture. Shame theory, as Bouson shows, astutely explains why gendered ageism is so deeply entrenched in our culture and why even aging feminists may succumb to this distressing, but sometimes hidden, cultural affliction.