Gender, Race, and Class: Beyond the Feminization of Poverty in Later Life

As appealing as the feminization of poverty argument may be to age-based and feminist advocacy organizations, it has the potential for distorting and simplifying the issue of old age poverty and for being politically divisive. It is necessary to discuss how race, as well as gender, is interlocked wi...

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Published in:The Gerontologist 1988-04, Vol.28 (2), p.177-180
Main Author: DRESSEL, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Age Factors
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Black people
Blacks
Female
Humans
Income
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Older people
Poverty
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sex Factors
Social Class
Social research
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Women
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Summary:As appealing as the feminization of poverty argument may be to age-based and feminist advocacy organizations, it has the potential for distorting and simplifying the issue of old age poverty and for being politically divisive. It is necessary to discuss how race, as well as gender, is interlocked with social class and to demonstrate how a singular emphasis on gender misrepresents the phenomenon of poverty in later life.
ISSN:0016-9013
1758-5341
DOI:10.1093/geront/28.2.177