Gendered ageism and dis/abl(e)ism

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Messages in birthday cards

Several stereotypes are portrayed through birthday cards.

A couple of examples from Moonpig can be found underneath. Often these stereotypes come with a decline narrative or involve impairments. Such as not knowing why someone is in a certain room, deafness, having less energy, etc. In general, being ‘old’ is perceived as something negative on many birthday cards.

(NB: this does not mean that all cards portray these messages, we are just showing some examples where they are)