Talk:The Medicalization Of Aging

Hi! This is a really interesting topic. I noticed that you focused on balding, erectile dysfunction and other consequences of male aging processes, but none specific to women! This could give you a more well rounded view into aging as to pertains to society- and the consequences of such. Perhaps you could tie in the driving forces (consumerism, etc.) behind the overall fears of getting older if you want to broaden your contact. Looking forwards to the final draft!

I think your topics are a really great start to this wiki page and it is a very relevant topic to everybody's life. I think you will need more sources and background information on what medicalization is. Also talking about how the media portrays medicine that helps "old people" in society might also be a great point of topic. Everybody ages and I think how the media targets certain groups of people will really be interesting to touch on. Also including other types of medication that helps with "aging" could be engaging as well for your wiki page such as Botox or collagen.

Hey! I find your topic really interesting as I am taking a Kinesiology course about Aging, Health, & the Body. We specifically focus on 2 main categories of age- the Third Age and the Fourth Age. I recommend you take a look into this as it will help with explaining medicalization of aging and the idea that people fear the aging process and do anything they can to stay away from old age (Fourth Age) & remain youthful (Third Age). This article will be helpful --> Higgs, P., & McGowan, F. (2013). Aging, embodiment and the negotiation of the Third and Fourth Ages. In A. Kampf, B. L. Marshall, & A. Petersen (Eds,), Aging men, masculinities and modern medicine (pp. 21-34). New York: Routledge.