Aging
Aging in Place, or Time for the Big Move?
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The choice isn’t as easy as I thought, for someone still completely in love with the 1876 Victorian my husband and I made home 45 years ago.
ageism
Florence Nightingale–Dammit–Still Shows the Way
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In caregiving, not enough has changed since the 19th century. Feminism must put age issues–affordable long-term-care insurance, more geriatric training in med schools and a campaign of anti-ageism–higher on the agenda.
Arts & Culture
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Sex Can Also Get Better, Not Worse, With Age
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Despite common assumptions, youth sex isn’t the only good sex, says Margaret Morganroth Gullette. In this excerpt from her book, “Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America,” she posits that many women find that sex actually improves with age.
Commentary
My Mother’s Abortion Improved All of Our Lives
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There are many decisions a woman must make for her family as well as herself, including ending a pregnancy. Margaret Morganroth Gullette looks back on a secret choice her mother made decades ago and how it helped the life paths of her entire family.
Commentary
Ageist Health ‘Reforms’ Can Be Lethal
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Many women are angry with the House health bill for its abortion exclusion. But the plan also singles out poor people over 50–a group dominated by women–for legal and lethal bias, says Margaret Morganroth Gullette. And that’s not the only danger ahead.