Meryl Streep on Ageism

http://www.examiner.com/article/meryl-streep-on-hollywood-ageism-older-women-are-seen-as-grotesque

I found this article where actress, Meryl Streep, talks about ageism and how when women get to a certain age they are scene as grotesque. After she turned 40 Meryl said that she was asked to play many roles as witches, and I just found it funny how 40 is not even an old age, but apparently it is the age where you should be casted as a witch in film. I also found it very interesting that at age 62, Meryl was the oldest woman to ever be on the cover of vogue, meanwhile the editor-in-chief of the magazine is 62 herself(seems hypocritcal). Ageism is huge in the media and it seems that with celeberties everyone always wants younger and younger and this causes people to think that if they aren't young they are useless. Well you know the saying "age is just a number" and people are just people, and they should not be judged based soley on how old or young they are.

Here is a news video I found interesting about how your age can affect whether or not you get a job. It has become such a problem that people consider changing their ages on their resumes. I believe that you should be hired for a job if you are well qualified and should have nothing to do with age. I think people in our generation have become age obsessed and just assume that younger is better when that is not necessarily true, usually people who are older have more experience and are better qualified for a job.

Age Discrimmination Against Teens

http://www.gazettetimes.com/article_d1e55ffa-6f0b-597b-9078-b5471da88522.html

This article talks about an incidents where teenagers felt they were being discrimminated against because of their age. Both girls had an experience of ageism with the police. One girl was followed for 20 miles and then eventually was pulled over for speeding around a curve. In my opinion, teenagers are always stereotyped as being reckless or irresponsible, so cops will look out for teenage drivers and pull them over more frequently. As teenagers we are normally looked down upon and it seems that adults are always looking for us to get in some sort of trouble and well if you go looking for trouble then you'll find trouble. I think it is completely ridiculous for police officers to discriminate against teenagers based solely on their age and it happens very frequently, yet no one seems to do anything about it. Age discrimmination cannot continue to be unrecognized, or else it will just get worse and worse.