Ageism is an often ignored form of discrimination. The reason is that the victims are primarily youth and the elderly, both of which have difficulty coming to their own defense. If you look around the Internet, you’ll see plenty of people talking about youth and teenagers. Today’s generation has no sense of right and wrong, kids are lazy these days.

Older generations have a tendency to judge youth unfairly. They don’t communicate with many young people, and negative experiences stick with them. This makes them unfairly conclude that there is something wrong with all young people.

Furthermore, young people are discriminated when it comes to valuing their opinion. Courts regularly use lawyers to manipulate children into seeming uncertain of their testimony. However, there are not proper limits on how children can be persecuted.

Most coached children are easy to uncover, but the majority of child witnesses are reporting serious crimes - often against them. A child is just as capable of seeing and remember things as an adult.

Additionally, youth are not given the right to vote. While it’s arguable when a person should be allowed to vote, a person is not magically qualified at 18. If a testing method were given, youth would probably do better than adults at meeting any set criteria for voting.

After all, youth are actively participating in their education and more prone to still remember important details about government and how it works. They are taught this, hopefully, in their education.

The defense given against letting qualified youth vote is that “parents represent them.” This isn’t always true, and why should a parent be forced to vote for two people?

That makes them essentially have half a vote each. It’s also interesting that the “guardians represent them” argument was used against letting women vote.

Even young people are oblivious to the discrimination they face. Historically, many minorities have came to believe they were inferior, and youth often feel the same way.

They think they are obligated to never question their parents, but parents aren’t always right. Some parents get these “obedient” kids to do horrible crimes. Furthermore, youth are expected to crawl their way up in the world.

Yes, everyone had to do it. If everyone had to be blinded to succeed, it wouldn’t be a practice we should continue. Youth are encouraged to pay taxes, take low salaries, pay for education, and be thankful for their opportunities.

Meanwhile, all these opportunities youth struggled for keep the system running and pay for the care of the elderly bosses they once worked under. Instead of being treated as an opportunity to improve the future, youth are used as cheap labor and easy business.

Of course, youth aren’t the only victims. Occasionally, middle-aged parents get criticized from youth and the elderly, but it’s far less common than other forms of ageism. Discrimination against the elderly is increasing all the time. While impaired driving is more common in old age, not all the elderly are bad drivers.

And if someone sees an old person make a driving mistake, they think they should lose their license. If a middle-aged person makes the same mistake, they just assume they’re being inconsiderate or selfish in how they drive.

Furthermore, the elderly are frequently forced to stand on buses and in public areas. While there is a judgment call as to whether one should give up a seat, there are clear cases where people are just inconsiderate. Out of common decency, you should offer a seat to the elderly.

Also, you should promote the practice because you’d want the same consideration when you get older. Also, some people actually think it’s alright to make comments about the appearance of the elderly.

There is nothing wrong with being old. Older people actually learn to appreciate how they look as the age. Just because you don’t like how someone looks, it’s no excuse to discriminate against them.

Lastly, the elderly are often presumed to be less capable employers or deserving of less pay. In my experiences, they work just as hard as anyone else. Because students have schedules that cause more work for employers, they, too, are often discriminated against when seeking work. People need to put business aside sometimes in favor of promoting a society where people of all ages are treated fairly.