TY - JOUR
T1 - Race and Gender-Based Perceptions of Older Septuagenarian Adults
AU - Melton, Forest
AU - Palmer, Kelly
AU - Solola, Sade
AU - Luy, Luis
AU - Herrera-Theut, Kathryn
AU - Zabala, Leanne
AU - Knapp, Shannon M.
AU - Yee, Ryan
AU - Yee, Erika
AU - Calhoun, Elizabeth
AU - Hebdon, Megan C.Thomas
AU - Pool, Natalie
AU - Sweitzer, Nancy
AU - Breathett, Khadijah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Forest Melton et al., 2022.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Objectives: Older adults face racism, sexism, and ageism. As the U.S. population ages, it is important to understand how the current population views older adults. Methods: Participants recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk provided perceptions of older Black and White models' photographs. Using mixed-effect models, we assessed interactions between race and gender of participants and models. Results: Among Participants of Color and White participants (n = 712, 70% non-Hispanic White, 70% women, mean 37.81 years), Black models were perceived as more attractive, less threatening, and sadder than White models, but differences were greater for White participants (race-by-race interaction: Attractive p = 0.003, threatening p = 0.009, sad p = 0.016). Each gender perceived their respective gender as more attractive (gender-by-gender interaction p < 0.0001). Male and female participants perceived male models as happier than female models, but differences were greater for male participants (p = 0.026). Irrespective of participant age group, women were perceived as more threatening (p = 0.012). Other perceptions were not significant. Discussion: Participants had few biases toward older Black and White models, while gender biases favored men.
AB - Objectives: Older adults face racism, sexism, and ageism. As the U.S. population ages, it is important to understand how the current population views older adults. Methods: Participants recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk provided perceptions of older Black and White models' photographs. Using mixed-effect models, we assessed interactions between race and gender of participants and models. Results: Among Participants of Color and White participants (n = 712, 70% non-Hispanic White, 70% women, mean 37.81 years), Black models were perceived as more attractive, less threatening, and sadder than White models, but differences were greater for White participants (race-by-race interaction: Attractive p = 0.003, threatening p = 0.009, sad p = 0.016). Each gender perceived their respective gender as more attractive (gender-by-gender interaction p < 0.0001). Male and female participants perceived male models as happier than female models, but differences were greater for male participants (p = 0.026). Irrespective of participant age group, women were perceived as more threatening (p = 0.012). Other perceptions were not significant. Discussion: Participants had few biases toward older Black and White models, while gender biases favored men.
KW - Bias
KW - Gender disparities
KW - Geriatric
KW - Racial disparities
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U2 - 10.1089/whr.2022.0063
DO - 10.1089/whr.2022.0063
M3 - Article
C2 - 36479377
AN - SCOPUS:85146722296
SN - 2688-4844
VL - 3
SP - 944
EP - 956
JO - Women's Health Reports
JF - Women's Health Reports
IS - 1
ER -