Business of LifeNo one does more to rail against ageism, the last acceptable prejudice - than Ronnie Bennett.
Take a look at The Courage To Be Our Age.
So why do we try so hard to deny our age? Because we live in age-phobic culture that is discriminatory and disrespectful, littered with false beliefs about old age. No one wants to live in such a world, so we go along with the cultural imperative to maintain a facsimile of youth, actively complicit in our own second-class citizenry.
Ageism is as evil as every other ism and it will persist as long as we pretend to be younger than we are.
And if you think you're not prejudiced, just take her test on aging myths to see how you do. After all, if you don't know what's true, it's hard not to be prejudiced.