Discuss the challenges associated with process of ageing from different sociological perspectives.

Challenges with process of ageing

• Feminist :- Older women due to lack of property, widowhood, patriarchal mindset face increasing challenges.

  • → Vrindavan widows
  • → crimes against old women

• Subaltern :- Lack of capital prevents children to take care of old, higher nuclearization

  • eg → Chamars of Senapur study of Cohn

• Indological:- While old were considered as repository of knowledge in scriptures, today materialistic perspectives doesn't value this cultural heritage.

• Marxist:- Lack of ability of old to participate in productive labour force senders them for pauperization in capitalism.

• Functional:- Ageing creates vacancies in occupations leading to upward social mobility for young.