The life of older women in the light of feminist gerontological research

Abstract

The article takes a feminist approach to gerontology. It examines the stereotypes of ageism which derive from the relationship between culture andold age. It establishes the requirements for a type of research which reflects women’s own experience of growing older, as well as the social constructionof values related to women’s old age. It focuses on the sociocultural features ofthis population which faces old age with certain limitations, but also with unparalleled assets.