Elderly / Woman

SKY | 巴宥
Populations are Aging Worldwide
Demographers predict that by mid-century,
people age 65 and over will compose about 15
percent of the world’s population, up from
about seven percent today. Aging populations
are growing especially fast in developed
countries.
While Japan and most of Europe have the fastest
growing elderly populations, the number of
people over 65 is also on the rise in the
developing world. According to United Nations
projections, that segment of the world’s
population will triple by the end of the century.
Developed World Graying Fastest

And you’ll see people more concerned

about hair color, for example, more and
more things about staying young and
exercising and staying fit and diet and
nutrition and clothing and household
things and steps and door knobs and all
sorts of things to help people as they get
older to continue living productive lives.
 Is the elderly population increasing in
your country? How can you tell?

Discussion
How are Elderly people treated in your
country? Why?
Encourage Women to Embrace Their
Unique Beauty
In the United States, girls as young as 12 or 13 are
trying to remake themselves, according to Nancy
Etcoff, author of Survival of the Prettiest. "By the
seventh grade, half the girls are already saying
that they don't like the way they look," she says.
"The majority, now, are dieting, using food
substitutes in order to lose weight. We see young
girls going to extreme measures, using laxatives,
or vomiting, or using dieting pills.“
 What types of women are considered
beautiful in your culture?

Discussion How does the media in your country

influence concepts of beauty?