Aging and Older Men: Thoughts, Reflections and Issues: Introduction

Authors

Robert Blundo, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Deborah E. Bowen, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Abstract

Efforts across many fields engaged in addressing the population of aging in this country have tended to create a nearly homogenous cohort that often does not recognize the heterogeneity of aging across gender, race, ethnicity, geography, socioeconomic status, cultural and sexual orientation. The diversity within aging members of our society brings about many variations and unique issues that need to be recognized and explored by policy makers and practitioners. Among these is aging related to gender, which has tended to pay much less attention to men than women. Content analysis of journals and texts on aging has revealed a significant lack of content on men, in particular, aging and elderly men (Kosberg, 2002; Tobin, 1997).

Recommended Citation

Blundo, Robert and Bowen, Deborah E. (2005) "Aging and Older Men: Thoughts, Reflections and Issues: Introduction," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 32: Iss. 1, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.3045
Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol32/iss1/2