Nobody thought Colin Firth had star quality until he made the TV version of Pride and Prejudice aged 35, but Firth had been steadily working in small film roles for more than a decade, biding his time.
She is not quite a solitary exception, though, as Gardnar Mulloy won a Wimbledon doubles title at 43, but Navratilova's body does look in good shape and her performance may help dispel a few prejudices about age.
If physiotherapists in private practice are not aware of their personal prejudices about age, gender, race, religion, diagnosis, etc, this may have undesirable consequences for the collective of private physiotherapists as these are highly valued by society [ 2, 5, 9, 10, 18, 37].
This study is not an attack on the Economist, but rather a manifestation of how deeply ingrained negative stereotypes and prejudices about ageing are in an influential magazine.
All of the participants agreed that to improve continence services and quality of care, current prejudices towards ageing and UI need to be recognised and addressed by patients, health professionals and service commissioners.
Current research has shown that the myths, stereotypes and prejudices towards ageing held by some undergraduate students have a negative repercussion on their academic education, and in turn, over the quality of services and attention that they give to elderly populations [ 11- 14].
Rob Bagchi wrote earlier this year that Blankers-Koen had demolished prejudices about gender, age and motherhood - prejudices that are apparent even in the Manchester Guardian's reporting of her victory on 5 August 1948.
Levels of prejudice rose with age, with the highest among over-55s, and those with no qualifications.
North and Fiske also note that "efforts to intervene against age prejudice have yielded mixed results at best".
