Here are some concepts that I’ve felt existed but needed to be written about. Feel free to use them, that’s what they’re here for:
- Negative agism: used often in reference to primitive biases, where youths have no protections from anything for any reason and they are directly quieted by society.
- Positive agism: used mainly for modern biases, where young people have, in most cases, too many protections or entitlements, and, while they may be able to voice their opinion, they are indirectly quieted by society with a phrase like “come back when you’re old enough to vote” or other excuses.
I think we could all get a little use out of these terms. Your thoughts?
