Masquerading their way to authenticity: Does age stigma concealment benefit older women?
dc.contributor.author | Cecil, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Pendry, LF | |
dc.contributor.author | Ashbullby, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Salvatore, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-15T08:05:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-09-29 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-03-14T20:02:11Z | |
dc.description.abstract | As women age they can be subject to both sexism and ageism, and consequently be stereotyped as low in competence and irrelevant despite having a relatively young subjective age. Drawing on theories of stigma, we conducted a survey study of older women (N = 184) with a strong interest in fashion and their visual image. We used template thematic analysis to understand their experiences in relation to their age-changed appearance. Two major themes were identified: unfavourable experiences of ageism and efforts to evade these experiences through attention to appearance. Our participants employed masquerade to conceal or reduce the visible evidence of their age-both to avoid ageism and to align their outward appearance more closely with their inner, felt, authentic selves. We interrogate the benefits and penalties of concealment for a group whose stigmatised condition is dynamic, changing as their appearance grows increasingly dissimilar to societally favoured youthfulness. Masquerade may for this group of women produce more positive than negative outcomes, via effects on felt authenticity. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 29 September 2022 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2022.2128245 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/132687 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-8271-9312 (Pendry, Louise F) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36174986 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Appearance | en_GB |
dc.subject | authenticity | en_GB |
dc.subject | gendered ageism | en_GB |
dc.subject | masquerade | en_GB |
dc.subject | stigma concealment | en_GB |
dc.title | Masquerading their way to authenticity: Does age stigma concealment benefit older women? | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-15T08:05:48Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0895-2841 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Routledge via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.description | The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, VC, upon reasonable request. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1540-7322 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Women and Aging | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-09-17 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-09-17 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-03-15T07:57:54Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-03-15T08:05:49Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.depositException | publishedGoldOA | |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2022-09-29 |
Files in this item
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
Except where otherwise noted, this item's licence is described as © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.