What Do Older Women and Men Want?
What Do Older Women and Men Want?
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老年女性和男性想要什么？
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2007
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C. Russell
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C. Russell
性别问题一直是老龄社会学的核心问题，但在过去的半个世纪里，其结构发生了显著的变化。从最初把（男子）退休作为“老龄问题”的定义特征，到最近在社会学研究中把重点放在人数较多的老年妇女群体的情况和经历上，反映出老年人口中的女性化。对老年妇女感兴趣的研究人员，特别是那些从女权主义角度看待这一问题的研究人员，得出结论认为，老龄化是一种性别现象，对妇女具有特殊意义。最近一些评论家已经引起了人们对老年人“隐形”的关注，尽管相对而言，很少有系统的研究对他们生活的任何方面进行。虽然众所周知，妇女比男子寿命更长，更有可能使用正规的护理服务，但她们在老龄化经历方面的其他更微妙的差异却没有得到很好的记录，其影响基本上也没有得到审查。本文利用定性研究的结果，探讨性别差异的“生活经验”的增长。
Issues of gender have always been at the heart of the sociology of ageing but their construction has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past half century. From an initial focus on retirement (for men) as the defining characteristic of the ‘problem of old age’, the demographic feminization of the aged population has more recently been mirrored in sociological research by a focus on the circumstances and experiences of the numerically larger group of older women. Researchers with an interest in older women, particularly those who approach the issue from a feminist perspective, have concluded that ageing is a gendered phenomenon that has special meanings for women. Some recent commentators have drawn attention to the ‘invisibility’ of older men, though relatively little systematic research has been conducted on any aspect of their lives. While it is well known that women live longer and are more likely to use formal care services than men, other more subtle differences in their experiences of ageing have been less well documented and their implications remain largely unexamined. This article draws on findings from qualitative research to explore gender differences in the ‘lived experience’ of growing old.