A private school having a " Dress-up as an old lady day"

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I'm in a FB community group and one of the mothers is asking for suggestions on how to dress her child up as an old lady. The child is in a private school and they are having a " Dress up as an Old Lady Day". Well this was my response to her query, " Really, an old lady day? This is discrimination supporting Ageism. I'm in my 70's and I dress just like any other younger woman, fashionable but appropriate for my age. What kind of school is this that supports this view?" Some of the responses to this lady's post were like mine but many were suggesting an old grey wig, curlers, canes, etc.
 
Ageism is defined as discrimination against someone because of their age. It is not discimination on any level to put on a muumuu, grab a cane and gray wig and hobble around like an ol' {as we perceived them as children} granny. Doesn't mean I'd think everyone over a certain age dresses like that or hobbles. Heck I'd do it myself for a laugh and a little fun... there is so little joy and fun in the world now. 👵
 
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old medic said:
I'm defiantly against it if there making the Boys dress up too.....
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lol... I think they should make the boys dress up as old ladies and the girls old men... just a bit of fun for the kids.

I remember when I was little lots of little kids would be outside walking around in their mums high heels or their dads shoes... just because they wanted to play at being a grown up...


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Depending on how old the children are, it could be used as a learning opportunity…. Lots of people found their vocation or launched a new passion as an older age…. We could hold these people up as models.

Or how about showing them (again, based on age) how an older man or woman they see was (saying during WWII or Vietnam) a vital young person that contributed to the freedoms they enjoy now or did deeds of valor. Kids s lot of times have trouble imagining an older person as anything other than “old”
 
Beezer said:
That's a bit of a stretch in my opinion. Me and my siblings used to dress up like old ladies on Halloween when we were kids. Just because life handed you a cane, doesn't mean you have to shake it at the world. ;)
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Well, I take it as an insult and I tend to be rather sensitive about this topic. Perhaps, because I was laid off from two jobs because of my age. Also my mom, and maternal grandmother, were very fashionable up to the point when they could not even dress themselves. Having this old lady image just perpetuates that older/elder people are not to with it.
 
Beezer said:
That's a bit of a stretch in my opinion. Me and my siblings used to dress up like old ladies on Halloween when we were kids. Just because life handed you a cane, doesn't mean you have to shake it at the world. ;)
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I think it is a time for a change from when we were kids. I don't like the idea of perpetuating " an old lady image", that is how people disrespect their elders.
 
Capt Lightning said:
What a load of rubbish. Are children not allowed to have some fun without someone shouting
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dilettante said:
Can I do "old man" next? My mirror will help tremendously with that.
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Sure if you are happy with that. I don't like perpetuating " an old lady image or old man image". No wonder younger people think we're in our dotage, if we allow " dressing up like an old lady day", no respect for intelligent older/elderly people.
 
CallMeKate said:
Ageism is defined as discrimination against someone because of their age. It is not discimination on any level to put on a muumuu, grab a cane and gray wig and hobble around like an ol' {as we perceived them as children} granny. Doesn't mean I'd think everyone over a certain age dresses like that or hobbles. Heck I'd do it myself for a laugh and a little fun... there is so little joy and fun in the world now. 👵
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And that is why younger people don't respect the older/elderly because you agree with portraying us as in our dotage.
 
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