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Blurring The Boundaries - The Declining Significance of Age (Hardcover, New)
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Blurring The Boundaries - The Declining Significance of Age (Hardcover, New)
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Over the decades, the lines separating young- middle-aged-, and
older adults have blurred, as indicated by a broadening of the
appropriate years for making life decisions. Not only are many
people marrying later, but some are marrying earlier than ever.
Overall, women giving birth later, but some are having children
earlier in their lives. Older people are retiring later, but some
are retiring at a younger age. The spread or variability (standard
deviation) of age-based decisions has increased substantially,
giving adults greater freedom from the traditional constraints of
age. With these relaxed age norms has come a host of related social
problems. The relaxation of age norms for adult decision-making has
inadvertently blurred the boundaries between adults and teenagers,
between teenagers and children. This generalization of the
phenomenon throughout the life cycle is responsible for the
adultification of childhood. Eight year old girls are, to an
increasing extent, being treated as sexual objects; bullying peaks
in the 6th grade; larger numbers of girls are having oral sex or
sexual intercourse by the age of 15; the pregnancy rate for girls
13-15 is on the rise; we are in the process of dismantling the
juvenile justice system in favor of adult forms of punishment; and
more and more children are left without adult supervision in the
afternoons, as though they were miniature adults who are capable of
raising themselves. Jack Levin is the American Sociological
Association's 2009 Winner of the "Public Understanding of
Sociology" Award. This short book communicates the power and
importance of sociological thinking to major, worldwide social
trends. Ideal for use in undergraduate courses such as introductory
sociology, social problems, and social change as well as more
advanced courses in population, or sociology of aging.
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