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In addition access to the best jobs is largely restricted until the mid 20s or beyond.

They are not allowed to legally drive until age sixteen, they cannot vote until age eighteen, and they cannot legally drink alcohol until 21. Young people also experience unequal access to social resources. Unequal treatment by age is not confined just to the elderly. Additionally, the likelihood of being poor increases after age 55. activity theory: Activity theory claims that staying mentally and physically active preserves older adults happier. They also become more socially isolated when they retire, their spouses die, their children move away, and their same age peers are also experiencing declining health and abilities. Key Terms disengagement theory: The disengagement theory of aging claims that it is natural and acceptable for older adults to withdraw from society and personal relationships as they age. This is more prevalent in business as opposed to politics. Older people are removed from positions of authority when they retire. To a positivist, science is the single most important route to knowledge. Positivism is a belief that we should not go beyond the boundaries of what can be observed. 3 ‘Sociology is the study of human inter-action and inter­relation their conditions and consequences’. The subject-matter of sociology is the inter-action of human minds’. ‘Sociology is the science of society or of social phenomena -L.F. American culture now places a premium on youth and youthfulness. Activity theory as I use it identifies the social sources of diverse psychological phenomena such as love, competition, tolerance, patience, and aggression. Positivism is a term used to describe an approach to the study of society that relies specifically on empirical scientific evidence, such as controlled experiments and statistics. Some of the definitions of Sociology are as follows: 1. In particular, they contend that the notion of gender as a role obscures the work that is involved in producing gender in everyday activities.

Today the prestige one receives and the quality of one's life both decline after age 65. In order to advance the argument that gender is a routine, methodical, and reoccurring accomplishment West and Zimmerman (1987) takes a critical examination of sociological definitions of gender. In the US the elderly are no longer respected the way they were a hundred years ago. Age stratification refers to the unequal distribution of wealth, power and prestige at different stages of the life course.