title: The emotional significance of affective inequalities and why they are important to women in old age.
abstract: Affective inequality is neglected in the study of old age. Using an egalitarian analysis, this article shows how affective inequalities matter to older women. Findings from the first author's PhD study explain the emotional significance of affective inequalities for Irish women. Twenty-one in-depth interviews were conducted to obtain data about experiences and perceptions of inequalities and how they had an impact on older women's well-being. Thematic analysis revealed that women experienced inequalities in old age as devaluation, obligations, exclusion, and misrecognition (DOEM), and they experienced injustices in areas of their lives that were largely outside of their control. Affective inequality implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: aSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Loretta.crawley@ucd.ie
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crawley
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D003469:Culture; D004644:Emotions; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012928:Social Desirability; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D026712:Value of Life; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*