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- noun A
predisposition towardsadults (or abias againstchildren ).
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Examples
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But humiliating a boy because of his gender is, at baseline, adultism using gender as a tool.
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For example, many boys grow up with abusive mother figures who use any tool available to act out their adultism.
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But humiliating a boy because of his gender is, at baseline, adultism using gender as a tool.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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For example, many boys grow up with abusive mother figures who use any tool available to act out their adultism.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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But Faith has the upper hand as we, together march, forwardly ahead of the oppression in its many forms: Racism; Classism; Sexism; Polytheism; and the beginning, adultism.
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The joke was that stuffy as he sounded, George Plimpton had in fact made a career by taking stands against the professionalism and adultism that was the bane of his generation.
The Last Gentleman 2003
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I would say so, and while the intersections of adultism and racism are prevalent, I don't think it's helpful to view the concept of racial equality as hierarchical, just as I don't think it's helpful to view feminism/gender equality as hierarchical, either.
Progressive Bloggers Feminist Mom in Montreal 2010
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... adultism is discrimination against anyone who is not an adult.
Progressive Bloggers Feminist Mom in Montreal 2010
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Rickman defines “adultism” as “the structural discrimination and oppression children face from adults, and society’s bias toward adults.”
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