Theorizing Age Relations

This chapter outlines an intersectional lens that considers the impacts of age, gender, and sexualities on gay and lesbian elders. It defines social inequalities and specify intersectionality as a theory of how they relate, drawing on Crenshaw’s (1991) original concept, which indicates how overlapping categorical status creates unique effects. It then outline the intersections of age, gender, and sexuality in the study of gay and lesbian elders. It focuses in particular on age relations as this inequality is often left out of scholarship on gay men and lesbians, even that which focuses on elders. The last part of the chapter suggests a model for research on same-sex partner caregiving that would illuminate intersections of gender, sexuality, and age in this context.

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Palynology of the Last Interglacial-Glacial Cycle in Midlatitudes of Southern Chile

Quaternary Research ◽

10.1016/0033-5894(81)90014-4 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 293-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Calvin J. Heusser

Keyword(s):

Primary Component ◽

Southern Chile ◽

Glacial Cycle ◽

Last Interglacial ◽

The Holocene ◽

Westerly Winds ◽

Pollen And Spores ◽

Components Analysis ◽

Age Relations ◽

Nothofagus Dombeyi

AbstractPollen and spores in stratigraphic sections located between 40 and 42°S range in age from the Holocene, through much of the Llanquihue Glaciation, to the last interglaciation. Chronology of the stratigraphy derives from some 35 14C ages and the age relations of Llanquihue Drift and related deposits. Q-Mode, rotated, principal-components analysis of four key pollen records covering the last interglacial-glacial cycle resulted in four leading components: Nothofagus dombeyi type, Gramineae, Weinmannia-Fitzroya type, and Myrtaceae. Analysis emphasizes interaction between the first two components. Loadings of Gramineae during the interglaciation are high, unlike the Holocene; Weinmannia-Fitzroya-type loadings, prominent in the Holocene, are negligible during the interglaciation. N. dombeyi type is the primary component during Llanquihue Glaciation; it becomes modified by increases of Gramineae sometime after 31,000 and before 14,000 yr B.P. and of Myrtaceae later. The Myrtaceae with Weinmannia-Fitzroya type also registers some activity around 42,000 yr B.P. Fluctuations in the belt of westerly winds, reflecting changing meteorological conditions in polar latitudes, are suggested by these data. With the belt located farther south than it is today, interglacial climate was much drier and warmer than during the Holocene; more northerly displacement of the belt obtained when climate was colder during Llanquihue Glaciation. Evidence from comparable latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere points toward a synchrony of major climatic events indicating harmonious fluctuations in the position of the westerlies.

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‘The Most Valuable National Fund’

10.1093/oso/9780192897459.003.0004 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 112-150

Author(s):

Jan Rybak

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Young Women ◽

Well Being ◽

Summer Camps ◽

East Central Europe ◽

Zionist Movement ◽

The Future ◽

To Come ◽

Age Relations ◽

Building Project

At the heart of Zionists’ nation-building project was the care and education of Jewish children in East-Central Europe. Young people were particularly affected by the war, often having lost family and home. Zionists saw them as the future of the nation, and the struggle for their well-being and education came to be a key element of their efforts during the war. This chapter shows how Zionists built orphanages and kindergartens, schools, and summer camps, and how these institutions functioned on a day-to day basis. These efforts in particular demonstrate that the war was also a time of great opportunity and experimentation for education activists. They tried to apply new pedagogical theories within their institutions based on their ideas of Jewish childhood and its role in producing upright, nationally conscious Jews who were the future of the nation. Gender relations are particularly key in this context: young women played an ever-increasing role in the movement through their involvement with childcare and education. The war opened up a range of new possibilities for young people, and particularly for young women to attain hitherto unheard-of roles within the Zionist movement. These changing gender and age relations within the Zionist movement mirrored changed relations within the wider society, due to the pressure of the war, and shaped the movement for decades to come.

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Home Support Workers and Older Men: The Implications of Masculinity for Later Life Care

Men and Masculinities ◽

10.1177/1097184x18804308 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3-4) ◽

pp. 618-635 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rachel Barken ◽

Joanie Sims-Gould

Keyword(s):

Home Care ◽

Later Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Older Men ◽

Care Providers ◽

Home Support ◽

Male Clients ◽

Age Relations ◽

The Life Course ◽

Home Care Providers

With increased longevity, growing numbers of older men are using home support services. The provision of care by (mostly female) workers to male clients raises questions regarding the negotiation of gender and age relations in the private sphere of the home. In this article, we explore how home care providers confront and respond to masculinity when supporting older men. Our analysis is based on semistructured interviews with twenty-four home care providers in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We present four themes that demonstrate how masculinity is constructed and modified at the intersections of age, gender, and care: women and men are same, care and sexuality, taking control and accepting help, and health and well-being. While old age and the need for care present challenges to some aspects of masculinity, we find that many older men continue to engage in practices consistent with hegemonic versions of masculinity developed over the life course. Based on these findings, we make recommendations to equip workers with the resources needed to safely and effectively care for older men.

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Convective Overshooting: New Integrated Colours vs Age Relations for Star Clusters

Symposium - International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s0074180900149472 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 116 ◽

pp. 511-512

Author(s):

G. Bertelli ◽

A.G. Bressan ◽

C. Chiosi ◽

E. Nasi ◽

L. Pigatto

Keyword(s):

Stellar Evolution ◽

Preliminary Investigation ◽

Observational Evidence ◽

Star Cluster ◽

Standard Theory ◽

Chemical Compositions ◽

History Of ◽

Chemical History ◽

Nearby Galaxies ◽

Age Relations

If the integrated colours of a star cluster mainly depend on chemical composition and age, then theoretical calibrations of colours as function of age for different chemical compositions are very useful to obtain quantitative determinations of the age and composition of individual clusters, and thus to trace the chemical history of nearby galaxies. Several calibration curves exist in the literature which rest on the standard theory of stellar evolution. However, a growing amount of observational evidence seems to indicate that overshooting from convective cores may be an important phenomenon in stellar evolution. In fact models computed with overshooting are significantly different from the standard ones. The aim of this preliminary investigation is to study the effects of convective overshooting on the integrated colours of clusters whose turnoff mass is in that range in which convective overshooting is effective.

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The Fellatio ‘Epidemic’: Age Relations and Access to the Erotic Arts

Sexualities ◽

10.1177/1363460707072950 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 5-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Bruce Curtis ◽

Alan Hunt

Keyword(s):

Age Relations ◽

The Erotic

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GJ 357 b

Astronomy and Astrophysics ◽

10.1051/0004-6361/202038280 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 641 ◽

pp. A113

Author(s):

D. Modirrousta-Galian ◽

B. Stelzer ◽

E. Magaudda ◽

J. Maldonado ◽

M. Güdel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Systematic Errors ◽

Small Mass ◽

Activity Levels ◽

M Dwarfs ◽

X Ray ◽

History Of ◽

Age Relations ◽

M Dwarf ◽

Atmospheric Mass

Aims. In this paper we present a deep X-ray observation of the nearby M dwarf GJ 357 and use it to put constraints on the atmospheric evolution of its planet, GJ 357 b. We also analyse the systematic errors in the stellar parameters of GJ 357 in order to see how they affect the perceived planetary properties. Methods. By comparing the observed X-ray luminosity of its host star, we estimate the age of GJ 357 b as derived from a recent XMM-Newton observation (log Lx [erg s−1] = 25.73), with Lx− age relations for M dwarfs. We find that GJ 357 presents one of the lowest X-ray activity levels ever measured for an M dwarf, and we put a lower limit on its age of 5 Gyr. Using this age limit, we performed a backwards reconstruction of the original primordial atmospheric reservoir. Furthermore, by considering the systematic errors in the stellar parameters, we find a range of possible planetary masses, radii, and densities. Results. From the backwards reconstruction of the irradiation history of GJ 357 b’s we find that the upper limit of its initial primordial atmospheric mass is ~38 M⊕. An initial atmospheric reservoir significantly larger than this may have survived through the X-ray and ultraviolet irradiation history, which would not be consistent with current observations that suggest a telluric composition. However, given the relatively small mass of GJ 357 b, even accreting a primordial envelope ≳10 M⊕ would have been improbable as an unusually low protoplanetary disc opacity, large-scale migration, and a weak interior luminosity would have been required. For this reason, we discard the possibility that GJ 357 b was born as a Neptunian- or Jovian-sized body. In spite of the unlikelihood of a currently existing primordial envelope, volcanism and outgassing may have contributed to a secondary atmosphere. Under this assumption, we present three different synthetic IR spectra for GJ 357 b that one might expect, consisting of 100% CO2, 100% SO2, and 75% N2, 24% CO2 and 1% H2O, respectively. Future observations with space-based IR spectroscopy missions will be able to test these models. Finally, we show that the uncertainties in the stellar and planetary quantities do not have a significant effect on the estimated mass or radius of GJ 357 b.

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