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Guilt in dementia caregiving before and after the death of a person with dementia: Perspectives of current and former female family caregivers. 痴呆症患者死前和死后照顾痴呆症的内疚感：现任和前任女性家庭照顾者的观点。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2746070

Trang Thu Nguyen

{"title":"Guilt in dementia caregiving before and after the death of a person with dementia: Perspectives of current and former female family caregivers.","authors":"Trang Thu Nguyen","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2746070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2746070","url":null,"abstract":"The study aims to explore how guilt in dementia caregiving is perceived and expressed by current and former female family caregivers of people with dementia in the sociocultural context of Vietnam. In this secondary, supplementary analysis, reflexive thematic analysis was conducted on a subsample of 20 female caregivers, including 10 current, active caregivers and 10 former caregivers of deceased people with dementia, drawn from a larger study on good end-of-life care in dementia among Vietnamese family caregivers. The results show that both groups of female caregivers experienced and manifested guilt in their thought processing, expressed emotions related to specific conditions or events, and used coping strategies. Two distinct patterns of themes emerged between the two groups: guilt was not explicitly mentioned or demonstrated in the discourses of current, active caregivers, yet it was a dominant and significant grand theme among former caregivers. Most current female caregivers believed that they have done the best they could, while former caregivers overwhelmingly self-assessed their past caregiving as poor and insufficient. They associated their failure to meet their caregiving and dying goals with the bad condition and low quality of life in the end-of-life stage of people with dementia, as well as the unexpected, terrible death of their relatives. The study results provide evidence for the development of psycho-educational interventions for family caregivers, particularly female caregivers, in both end-of-life care and post-death grief and bereavement, to alleviate guilt and improve their adaptation and mental health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149138669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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García Márquez's 'last' female protagonist: Ageing, sexuality, and transgression. García Márquez的“最后”女主人公：衰老、性和越界。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-10-06 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2743582

Ieva Stončikaitė, Katharina Fürholzer

{"title":"García Márquez's 'last' female protagonist: Ageing, sexuality, and transgression.","authors":"Ieva Stončikaitė, Katharina Fürholzer","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2743582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2743582","url":null,"abstract":"The article focuses on the portrayal of a middle-aged woman, Ana Magdalena Bach, as depicted in Gabriel García Márquez's posthumously published work Until August (2024). It analyses the complexities of female ageing, with a particular focus on the intersection of ageism and sexism. What makes the examination of García Márquez's 'last' work particularly compelling is that, for the first time in his literary career, he chose to write from a female perspective. Ana Magdalena's travel to a remote Caribbean island serves as a liberating journey of self-discovery and an exploration of femininity and sexual identity. However, her experiences are also represented as a form of transgression, entangled with guilt and pleasure, which are filtered through the male gaze. The novella both challenges the narrative of decline and, at the same time, reveals the persistent difficulty of moving beyond ageist notions and patriarchal norms. The article calls for a critical re-consideration of the portrayal of ageing femininities and also expands scholarship on García Márquez's body of work. It also contributes to literary gerontology and women's studies by underscoring the need for more diversified and cross-cultural perspectives that contest Western-centric frameworks.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Microaggressions toward widowed older women in daily life: a qualitative descriptive study. 日常生活中对丧偶老年妇女的微侵犯：一项定性描述性研究。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-10-06 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2743550

Gülşah Yıldırım

{"title":"Microaggressions toward widowed older women in daily life: a qualitative descriptive study.","authors":"Gülşah Yıldırım","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2743550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2743550","url":null,"abstract":"Microaggressions are subtle, often normalized interpersonal expressions of bias or discrimination that may be embedded within everyday social interactions. Despite growing attention to microaggressions, little is known about how they are experienced by widowed older women, particularly within the sociocultural context of Türkiye. This study aimed to explore the everyday experiences of microaggressions among widowed older women in Türkiye. A qualitative descriptive design was employed, involving semi-structured individual interviews analyzed using inductive thematic analysis, with Sue et al. (2007) microaggression framework subsequently serving as an interpretive lens. A total of 17 women aged 65 years and older who had lost their spouses participated in the study. The findings indicated that widowed older women were subjected to intensified social surveillance following the loss of a spouse. This surveillance was accompanied by normative expectations shaped at the intersection of ageism, gender-based norms, and the absence of a male figure, regulating women's behaviors, visibility, emotional expressions, and autonomy through notions of \"appropriateness.\" Within these everyday interactions, participants described recurring microaggressions, including second-class citizenship, protective interventionism, imposition of moral conformity, invisibilization, desexualization, and normalization of mourning. Women responded to these experiences through adaptation and internalization, characterized by silence and social withdrawal, as well as resistance and boundary-setting aimed at protecting autonomy and subjective space. The findings highlight the need for more gender-sensitive and autonomy-supportive approaches in family relationships, health and social services, and community-based practices addressing later-life well-being.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Becoming through storytelling: Rethinking age(ing) and gender through Ma-Nee Chacaby's A Two-Spirit Journey. 通过讲故事成为：通过Ma-Nee Chacaby的《双灵之旅》重新思考年龄和性别。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-10-05 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2733002

Nina De Bettin Padolin

{"title":"Becoming through storytelling: Rethinking age(ing) and gender through Ma-Nee Chacaby's A Two-Spirit Journey.","authors":"Nina De Bettin Padolin","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2733002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2733002","url":null,"abstract":"As an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian and Two-Spirit Elder, Ma-Nee Chacaby redefines gender and womanhood, aging, and survivance through the lens of Two-Spirit identity in her autobiography A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder (2016). She navigates intersecting structures of oppression through relationality and her rootedness in her Indigenous epistemologies and cosmologies. By working with Chacaby's A Two-Spirit Journey, I examine decolonial and intergenerational visions of aging and gender that transcend Western colonial frameworks. Chacaby's work invites broader understandings of survivance (Vizenor, 2008) and care that center Indigenous cosmologies and honor nonbinary and aging people as foundational to decolonial futurisms. I show how Chacaby refuses Eurocentric binary gender systems and heteronormative life trajectories and instead grounds queer Indigenous aging as an embodied practice of survivance (Vizenor, 2008). Drawing on Indigenous feminist theory, queer Indigenous Studies, and critical aging studies, this article focuses on how Chacaby utilizes storytelling, intergenerational care, and Indigenous epistemic teachings to disrupt dominant colonial imaginaries of aging women and nonbinary people.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"To hell with it all!": older women's disengagement from age-masking beauty work. “让这一切见鬼去吧！”老年女性不再从事掩盖年龄的美容工作。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-09-24 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2733004

Brianna G Soulie, Anne E Barrett

{"title":"\"To hell with it all!\": older women's disengagement from age-masking beauty work.","authors":"Brianna G Soulie, Anne E Barrett","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2733004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2733004","url":null,"abstract":"Aging beyond youth presents challenges for women, who often struggle to remain visible and valued in an ageist society. To hide their age, many older women engage in age-masking beauty work, like coloring gray hair and using anti-aging products. While these practices have been the focus of prior research, limited attention has been given to women's disengagement from them. Moreover, ageist norms and ideologies largely situate disengagement as a failure to conform to youth-centric beauty norms - that is, as \"letting oneself go\" - rather than reflecting a deliberate decision to reject beauty norms and the objectifying view of women that they represent. To address this issue, we examine women's withdrawal from age-masking beauty work, drawing on in-depth interviews with women who range in age from 56 to 82 (n = 20). Mirroring previous studies, our analyses revealed that all the participants had felt pressure to retain a youthful appearance and had engaged in some form of age-related beauty work over their lives. Our study, however, expands the literature by focusing explicitly on disengagement, revealing three processes through which some women stepped away from age-masking beauty work: Conditional Disengagement, Supported Disengagement, and Practical-to-Critical Disengagement. By shifting the focus from women's participation in age-masking practices to their conscious withdrawal from them, our study reveals how disengagement can reflect an active rejection of youth-centric beauty standards, as well as the objectification of women: It reframes disengagement not as decline, but as resistance.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149041131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Appearance management's impact on identity and well-aging in late Middle-aged Korean women. 外貌管理对韩国中老年女性身份认同和健康老化的影响。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2025.2565185

Heayoung Lim, Ki Han Kwon

{"title":"Appearance management's impact on identity and well-aging in late Middle-aged Korean women.","authors":"Heayoung Lim, Ki Han Kwon","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2025.2565185","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2025.2565185","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the complex relationships between appearance management motivation, multidimensional identity, and well-aging among Korean women aged 50-69. Research with 700 participants in the Seoul metropolitan area revealed that appearance management functions as a psychosocial mechanism for identity reconstruction and well-aging beyond aesthetic practice. Key findings demonstrated that appearance management motivation serves as a core mechanism of identity formation, grounded in pursuing social connection, personal growth, and self-satisfaction. While social and psychosocial developmental identities showed significant mediating effects between appearance management motivation and well-aging, aesthetic identity did not. This suggests that Korean late middle-aged women's appearance management emphasizes maintaining social relationships and establishing meaningful roles rather than achieving idealized aesthetic standards. Women in their 50s showed a strong social identity path to well-aging through social belonging and recognition, and a tendency to maintain social visibility through their appearance. In contrast, women in their 60s showed a strong psychosocial developmental identity path associated with appearance management as an expression of maturity, purpose in life, and social contribution, and characteristics of late adulthood that emphasize developmental continuity over external recognition. These differences stem from the experiences of women in their 50s, who grew up valuing individualism and self-realization amid economic growth, democratization, and expanded education, and women in their 60s, who grew up valuing social roles and collective expectations within traditional values. The significance of this study is that it provides practical implications for identity formation and aging, and contributes to understanding the psychosocial adaptation process that occurs during this stage.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"149-166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145201045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"There is absolutely no facet of my life that it hasn't affected" - Experiences of symptoms during perimenopause. “我生活的方方面面都受到了影响。”——绝经期症状经历

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-29 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2680873

Miriam Murphy, Aoife Lane, Geraldine Cuskelly, Patricia M Heavey

{"title":"\"There is absolutely no facet of my life that it hasn't affected\" - Experiences of symptoms during perimenopause.","authors":"Miriam Murphy, Aoife Lane, Geraldine Cuskelly, Patricia M Heavey","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2680873","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2680873","url":null,"abstract":"Perimenopause is associated with a wide and diverse range of symptoms. This study aimed to explore the experiences and behaviours of perimenopausal women, with a focus on perception of symptoms, their effect on quality of life, and how women are engaging with others for support. Virtual semi-structured interviews were carried out with 17 Irish women who self-identified as late-stage perimenopausal. Following thematic analysis, 4 main themes and several subthemes were produced. The first theme: \"I was very ill prepared\"- Unprepared for this stage of life; encompassed women's lack of preparation on entering perimenopause and feelings of confusion or uncertainty. The second theme: \"It affects us in so many ways\"- The impact of symptoms; explored the effect of symptoms and the complicated interplay between symptoms and other stressful life occurrences. The third theme: \"I'm trying to find out as much information as I can\"- Information and support seeking; focused on information and support seeking behaviours. The final theme: \"It has made me [.] stop and take stock of where I am\" - A time for introspective and extrospective reflection. The narratives revealed that factors impacting on symptomatic experience are multidimensional. Symptoms can have a negative effect on many aspects of life, and this is further exacerbated by feeling under prepared and ill-informed. Peer support is important to women during perimenopause and may affect attitudes towards symptoms. There is also a need for sensitivity from medical professionals and individualised support for women who are seeking guidance during perimenopause.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"167-182"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148057504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Serbian women's views on skin, skincare, and positive ageing during menopause: A qualitative study. 塞尔维亚妇女对皮肤、护肤和更年期积极衰老的看法：一项定性研究。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-11 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2685399

Jelena Miladinovic-Delic, Ljiljana Pantovic

{"title":"Serbian women's views on skin, skincare, and positive ageing during menopause: A qualitative study.","authors":"Jelena Miladinovic-Delic, Ljiljana Pantovic","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2685399","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2685399","url":null,"abstract":"Women in perimenopause and postmenopause navigate a complex landscape of skincare products and skincare amid societal pressures to maintain a youthful appearance. The research on how women in perimenopause and postmenopause experience facial skin ageing, skincare, and use of skincare products in middle-income countries is limited. This exploratory qualitative study aims to understand how Serbian women during perimenopause and postmenopause perceive skin ageing, skincare, and the use of skincare products. A purposive sample of women aged 40-60 living in urban cities in Serbia, who are users of skincare products, was recruited to the study. Six online focus group interviews were conducted, and a reflexive thematic analysis was employed to identify key patterns and meanings within the data. Three themes were identified: ambivalence about accepting skin ageing against the societal expectations of a youthful look, empowerment through informed choices and pseudo-professionalisation, and positive ageing through the adoption of healthy skin behaviours. Women expressed a need for more information on menopause specific skincare and skincare products to make informed decisions. The study also emphasises the importance of healthcare professionals, such as pharmacists and dermatologists, in guiding women's skincare decisions. Women highlighted the ambivalence between accepting naturally occurring signs of ageing and the societal pressure to maintain a youthful appearance. Conducted in Serbia, a post-socialist Eastern European country, this study highlights the adoption of healthy skin behaviours during perimenopause and postmenopause. It deepens understanding of the factors influencing women's views and practices regarding skin and skincare.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"183-197"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148228628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Educational attainment and dementia among older women in the US: Variation by immigration status. 美国老年妇女的受教育程度与痴呆：移民身份的差异。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-26 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2685580

Kiani J C Jacobs, Monique J Brown

{"title":"Educational attainment and dementia among older women in the US: Variation by immigration status.","authors":"Kiani J C Jacobs, Monique J Brown","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2685580","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2685580","url":null,"abstract":"Higher education is associated with lower dementia risk. However, less is known about the moderating role of immigration status among women. The aims of this study were to: (a) examine the association between educational attainment and dementia among older women and (b) assess the moderating role of immigration status. Data were obtained from the 2020 Health and Retirement Study. Unadjusted and multivariable multinomial logistic regression models adjusting for sociodemographic confounders and depression were used to determine the association between education and cognition status by immigration status. Among U.S.-born and immigrant women, every increase in year of education was associated with a 28% (OR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.67-0.78) and 22% (OR: 0.78; 95% CI: 0.72-0.85) decrease in the odds of having dementia compared to being cognitively normal, respectively. Among U.S.-born and immigrant women, not having a college degree was associated with two times (OR: 2.26; 95% CI: 1.42-3.62) and five times (OR: 4.70; 95% CI: 1.46-15.1) the odds of having dementia. Among U.S.-born and immigrant women, not completing high school was associated with approximately seven times the odds of having dementia (OR: 6.55; 95% CI: 4.05-10.6; OR: 6.62; 95% CI: 3.84-11.4, respectively). The odds of having dementia were always greater in immigrant women than U.S.-born women. Educational interventions geared toward reducing dementia risk should consider these differences and target other protective factors for immigrant adult women living in the United States.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"198-211"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148340676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[Un]conventional motherhood: Media representations and perceptions of older mothers in Thailand. [非]传统母亲：媒体对泰国高龄母亲的表述和看法。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-08-31 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2723335

Kullanit Nitiwarangkul

{"title":"[Un]conventional motherhood: Media representations and perceptions of older mothers in Thailand.","authors":"Kullanit Nitiwarangkul","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2723335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2723335","url":null,"abstract":"Older women's maternal roles are often assumed to diminish once their children reach adulthood. As a result, older mothers are marginalized and underrepresented in the media and society. This research examines cultural perceptions and representations of older motherhood in Thailand, a country with one of Asia's fastest-growing aging populations, through the analysis of Kasian Samran, a popular influencer marketing channel featuring the mothers of four entertainment celebrities, and interview data with sixteen Thai women aged 60 to 69. It reveals that the show challenges stereotypes of older mothers as obsolete, dependent, and disconnected from younger generations by depicting them as digitally literate, active, and self-reliant, while reinforcing traditional feminine ideals by glorifying domesticity and maternal care roles. It also associates the celebrity children's accomplishments with 'successful motherhood'. Participants' reflections were closely aligned with these narratives. They aspired to remain independent of their children's care and support while sustaining relationships with them. Some were committed to domestic roles and raising successful children, while attempting to be 'modern agers' by being digitally engaged and relatable to younger generations. This study highlights the paradoxes in the representations of older motherhood in Thailand, a country shaped by modern neoliberal ideals alongside enduring national traditions that uphold familial harmony and domesticity. It contributes culturally specific insights into older motherhood in an underexamined Global South context to feminist and media studies, and it calls for more inclusive and diverse representations of aging women and their maternal roles.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148867120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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