Ageism

  • Abused kids can’t really sue their parents: I recently searched online for the question of how an adult abuse survivor might go about suing his or her abusive parent. The results I got astounded me, but they shouldn’t have. I know my country wants parents abusing its kids. It makes this clear so many ways. This is just one more. First, the cultural. Most of the search results lead to other people asking my question. The responses they get range from “You’d be much better off just getting ... READ MORE
  • The Baby Boomers: programmed for selfishness: It’s ugly to talk in generalizations about generations, so let me say right up front that every generation contains the same variety of human beings. You can’t even argue that they have shared experience, because your experience of a world event or a place or a time varies according to your assets, your “place” in that society, etc. But it is fair to say that the dominant culture – in the US, white men of means and to a lesser extent ... READ MORE