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Between Lipstick and Widow's White: Female desire and gendered ageism in contemporary Bollywood. 在《口红》与《白寡妇》之间：当代宝莱坞的女性欲望与性别年龄歧视。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-08-27 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2716047

Sushree Routray

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Elder women's visual narratives of digital technology in Kerala. 喀拉拉邦老年妇女对数字技术的视觉叙述。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-08-22 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2721467

Praisewin Johny, Sebin Kurian, Deena Davis, Aleeta Godfrey, Elsa Mary Jacob, K R Anish

{"title":"Elder women's visual narratives of digital technology in Kerala.","authors":"Praisewin Johny, Sebin Kurian, Deena Davis, Aleeta Godfrey, Elsa Mary Jacob, K R Anish","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2721467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2721467","url":null,"abstract":"Elder women in India are routinely positioned at the margins of digital ageing research, framed as technologically deficient rather than structurally excluded. This Photovoice study challenges that framing by examining how thirty elder women (aged 60-85) in Kochi, Kerala, experience, represent, and negotiate digital technology in everyday life. Using their own smartphones, participants generated photographs over a four-week period. Individual photo-elicitation interviews were conducted, and reflexive thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke was employed using ATLAS.ti Version 25. Six analytically distinct themes were generated. The study finds that digital exclusion among these women is socially produced rather than individually determined. Key mechanisms include anticipatory fear of blame leading to pre-emptive withdrawal, the paradox of protective gatekeeping enacted by adult children, spousal digital intermediacy whose structural fragility becomes visible at widowhood, and design injustice enacted through body-interface mismatches and memory-punishing authentication systems. Television emerged as the primary technology of emotional and temporal life, challenging smartphone-centred digital inclusion metrics. The study also documents elder women as active digital knowledge-producers within their communities and identifies a subset of participants exercising self-determined non-participation. Implications are discussed for digital inclusion policy, gerontological scholarship, and technology design.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799539","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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Aging women's sexual agency: Subverting the male gaze in Japanese pink film Lily Festival (2001). 老年女性的性代理：日本粉红电影《百合节》（2001）对男性凝视的颠覆。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-08-20 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2720078

Yatong Xiao

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Aging beauty matters: Normative and resistant narratives on female aging bodies. 衰老的美丽问题：关于女性衰老身体的规范和抵抗叙事。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-08-15 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2708881

Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, Silvia Lela

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Gender differences in the associations between cognition and expectations regarding aging. 关于衰老的认知和预期之间关系的性别差异。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-08-06 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2707245

Yvonne Leung, Serena Sabatini, Natasha A Ginnivan, Ranmalee Eramudugolla, Moyra E Mortby, Ruth Peters, Kaarin J Anstey

{"title":"Gender differences in the associations between cognition and expectations regarding aging.","authors":"Yvonne Leung, Serena Sabatini, Natasha A Ginnivan, Ranmalee Eramudugolla, Moyra E Mortby, Ruth Peters, Kaarin J Anstey","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2707245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2707245","url":null,"abstract":"Emerging evidence has reported associations between more negative views on aging and poorer performance on cognitive tasks. However, findings have been inconsistent. Gender differences and the cognitive status of participants may help explain these discrepancies. This study therefore investigated (a) the associations of gender, presence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and their interaction with expectations regarding aging (ERA, a measure assessing views on aging); and (b) the associations between subjective and objective cognitive measures and ERA in cognitively normal (CN) individuals and those with MCI. We report cross-sectional data from the Personality and Total Health Through Life Project (PATH), comprising 1,562 participants (48% females, M age = 75.06 (SD = 1.50), age range = 72-79). ERA were assessed using the 12-item ERA scale, covering global ERA and domain-specific expectations related to physical health, mental health, and cognitive function. Objectively-assessed global cognition, memory, working memory, and processing speed, and subjective memory complaints were assessed using standardized neuropsychological test batteries. Multiple linear regression models were estimated. Among CN participants, women reported more positive ERA than men (β = 4.42, p < .001). Participants with MCI exhibited lower ERA than CN individuals (β = -6.05, p < .001). Subjective memory complaints were associated with lower ERA both in CN (β = -5.38, p < .001) and MCI (β = -8.85, p < .01) participants. Findings support an association between greater current cognition and more positive ERA. Interventions promoting brain health could benefit from a component fostering positive ERA. For individuals experiencing cognitive decline, future research may evaluate strategies that encourage the maintenance of realistic, yet optimistic aging perceptions.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148686259","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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Sources of joy among older African American women: A qualitative analysis. 非裔美国老年妇女的快乐来源：一项定性分析。

IF 1.8 4区社会学

Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-07-29 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2703635

Jacquelyn V Coats, Sheltoria Love

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Reproductive ageism: Late fertility and the politics of good mothering in Chile. 生殖年龄歧视：智利的晚育和好母亲的政治。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-07-29 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2704015

Martina Yopo Díaz

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Informal caregiving and leisure satisfaction among middle-aged married women in South Korea: The mediating role of leisure sufficiency. 韩国中年已婚妇女非正式照顾与休闲满意度：休闲充足性的中介作用。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-07-27 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2707243

Ye Jin Wi, Hyun Joung Jin

{"title":"Informal caregiving and leisure satisfaction among middle-aged married women in South Korea: The mediating role of leisure sufficiency.","authors":"Ye Jin Wi, Hyun Joung Jin","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2707243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2707243","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the association between informal caregiving and leisure satisfaction among middle-aged married women in South Korea, with a particular focus on the mediating role of perceived leisure sufficiency. We used nationally representative data from the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families to classify women in their 40s and 50s into childcare, parental care, and dual-care groups. We then analyzed differences in their leisure experiences. Mediation analyses revealed that greater working hours, household chores, and caregiving responsibilities were associated with lowered leisure sufficiency, which was in turn associated with lowered leisure satisfaction. Weekday caregiving exerted the strongest indirect effects, while dual caregivers faced the most severe negative outcomes, highlighting the compounding pressures of caring for both children and aging parents. These findings contribute to the literature on time use and subjective well-being by highlighting perceived leisure sufficiency as a potential mediating factor linking time demands and subjective well-being in midlife. The results have implications for caregiving policy design in aging societies worldwide, suggesting that flexible work arrangements, integrated care services, and emotional support systems are needed to alleviate the compounded burdens faced by caregivers.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148594052","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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Gender ageism in the media: Dichotomy between invisibility and linguistic violence. PRISMA-ScR scoping review (2016-2025). 媒体中的性别年龄歧视：不可见与语言暴力的二分法。PRISMA-ScR范围审查（2016-2025）。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-07-25 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2707246

Sara Téllez-Cugat, Olga Moreno-Fernández, Alejandro Gómez-Camacho

{"title":"Gender ageism in the media: Dichotomy between invisibility and linguistic violence. PRISMA-ScR scoping review (2016-2025).","authors":"Sara Téllez-Cugat, Olga Moreno-Fernández, Alejandro Gómez-Camacho","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2707246","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2707246","url":null,"abstract":"The conceptual framework of intersectionality demonstrates how age prejudices intersect with sexism, suggesting a double discrimination that places older women in a position of vulnerability, which this review aims to map. This scoping review examines the conceptual development between January 2016 and October 2025, synthesises thematic approaches, and analyses discursive representation patterns related to the selected scientific literature. Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines and utilising the Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science databases, a final corpus of 31 articles was analysed. The results show, first of all, an upward trend in the scientific production analysed, with a marked spike in 2025. The co-occurrence analysis identifies three multidisciplinary thematic axes articulating the analysed sample: the gerontological, the structural and cultural, and the psychosocial. Finally, the analysis of this corpus suggests a structural dichotomy within this sample; whereas age and gender discrimination is generally conveyed as a subtle form of invisibilisation in traditional media, the digital environment is characterised by active hostility and linguistic violence, sexualisation, and dehumanisation. This is particularly evident on social media platforms such as X/Twitter.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148594044","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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Everyday algorithmic imaginaries: Visibility practices of older Chinese women content creators. 日常算法想象：中国老年女性内容创作者的可见性实践。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2026-07-24 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2026.2705910

Xiaoying Wang, Wendi Wang

{"title":"Everyday algorithmic imaginaries: Visibility practices of older Chinese women content creators.","authors":"Xiaoying Wang, Wendi Wang","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2026.2705910","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2705910","url":null,"abstract":"Older women's digital content creation is often excluded from mainstream discussions of platform algorithms. However, their interactions with algorithms constitute a crucial pathway for challenging ageism and sexism in digital spaces. This study draws on eight months of digital ethnographic observation of 15 older female content creators on the Chinese lifestyle platform RedNote (Xiaohongshu), supplements by semi-structured interviews with seven of them to examine how this group understands platform algorithms and organizes content practice and visibility. The findings show that they develop an algorithmic imaginary grounded in life rationality. The algorithm is understood as a platform environment shaped by relational response, age-based capital, and emotional connection. This imaginary is socially produced through family collaboration, follower feedback, and peer support, in the form of what this article calls \"sisterly wisdom.\" Meanwhile, they continually regulate their distance from the platform according to their creative motivations. Visibility is therefore redefined: rather than a purely technical outcome, it becomes a process through which older women move from domestic invisibility to digital public expression, and from being seen to being trusted. Theoretically, this study expands understandings of older women's digital literacy by foregrounding their situated knowledge practices and emphasizing the importance of respecting marginalized groups' self-developed epistemic claims. Practically, it calls for building more age- and gender-inclusive digital environments that recognize and support marginalized users' agentic engagements with algorithmic systems.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148585592","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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