ageism

Example Sentences

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Young people face multiple barriers in environmental activism, including ageism and the challenge of traveling to conferences and hearings while balancing class schedules and school commitments.

From Seattle Times

Closing her acceptance speech, Yeoh took on the ageism in Hollywood that is biased against women.

From BBC

"There's so little understanding and education about the menopause. A lot of this is down to stigma and ageism, when actually it's just very natural."

From BBC

I think ageism is as much a problem in our national conversation as sexism.

From Washington Post

Lemon’s comment was a toilet-bowl swirl of sexism and ageism and lookism and did this man have an undiagnosed head injury, or what?

From Washington Post