Broken down by age and gender - ''The problem of old women'' redefined

被引:43
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Gibson, D
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[1] Australian Inst. of Hlth. and Welf., Canberra, ACT 2601
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10.1177/089124396010004005
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C91 [社会学];
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030301 ; 1204 ;
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The last decade has seen the emergence of a feminist awareness of old age and, in particular, a growing awareness of, what has come to be seen as ''the problem of old women.'' Old women it has been consistently demonstrated, are disadvantaged in a variety of ways in relation to old men, They are poorer, older, and sicker; they have less adequate housing and less access to private transport; they are more likely to experience widowhood severe disability, and institutionalization. Taking ''the problem of old women'' as its starting point, this article argues for a less phallocentric analysis of women in old age, which is less reliant on men as a relational category to define the conditions, experiences, and resources of older women.
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