Turning vinegar into wine: Humorous self-presentations among older GLBTQ online daters

Jönson, Håkan; Siverskog, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2011.07.003

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“…They disagree with the idea that women are discriminated against and are more likely to put forward "age" as being influential for decision making. Age, it seems, is less controversial than gender, probably because the notion of age as a biological category is not yet contested to the same degree as that of gender (but see Jönson & Siverskog, 2012;Bytheway, 1995). The last few decades bore witness to a displacement of the criterion "old age," and highly advanced technology may now be offered to patients over the age of 90.…”

Section: Discussion About Decision Makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Categories by Heart: Shortcut Reasoning in a Cardiology Clinic

Jacobsson

2014

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This article examines the practice of doctors and nurses to invoke the categories of age, sex, class, ethnicity, and/or lifestyle factors when discussing individual patients and patient groups. In what situations are such references explicitly made, and what does this practice accomplish? The material consists of field notes from a cardiology clinic in Sweden, and a theory of descriptive practice guided the analysis. When professionals describe patients, discuss decisions, or explain why a patient is ill, age, sex, class, ethnicity, and/or lifestyle serve as contextualization cues, often including widespread results from epidemiological research about groups of patients at higher or lower risk for cardiac disease. These categories work as shortcut reasoning to nudge interpretations in a certain direction, legitimize decisions, and strengthen arguments. In general, studying the descriptions of patients/clients/students provides an entrance to professional methods of reasoning, including their implicit moral assumptions.

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Section: Discussion About Decision Makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Categories by Heart: Shortcut Reasoning in a Cardiology Clinic

Jacobsson

2014

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“…Drummond found that the older gay men's concerns about their bodies' aesthetic appeal were tempered with the notion of inevitability, which ultimately provided a positive outlook for them. Jönson and Siverskog (2012) found that the older gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and queer advertisers in the two Swedish internet dating forums which they analysed made use of humorous and self-mocking comments about age and age-related appearance to downplay the possible negative perceptions of their age when dating. In analysing middle-aged gay men's involvement in the gay village in Manchester in England, Simpson (2013) suggested that despite accounts of ageism that prevailed, the middleaged gay men crafted out a more positive notion of their ageing bodies by employing ageing capital, which he defined as 'age-inflected knowledge of self and gay culture'.…”

Section: Journal Of Homosexualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Older Single Gay Men’s Body Talk: Resisting and Rigidifying the Aging Discourse in the Gay Community

Suen

2016

Journal of Homosexuality

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Previous research saw older gay men as subject to structural marginalization of ageism but yet possessing agency to interpret aging in diverse ways. I move beyond this duality, drawing on the theory of defensive othering to understand how older gay men live with the aging discourse in the gay community. Informed by grounded theory, I analyzed interviews with 25 self-identified single gay men aged 50 or above in England inductively. It emerged that many older gay men found it difficult to escape the discourse that marginalizes the aging body. Even when they argued they were the exception and "looked good," they were discursively producing a two-tier system: they themselves as the "good older gay men," as opposed to the other "bad older gay men," who "had given up." Such a defensive othering tactic seemingly allowed them to resist age norms from applying to them personally, but unintentionally reinforced an ageist discourse.

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“…A competitive profile would seek to highlight features that distinguish them from other online daters. Adding humour can give the edge (vintage, educated, looking for a woman of ex-film star quality) 36 37. People assess the cues unintentionally given off (spelling mistakes depict the light on educational attainment) in addition to those cues that are purposefully given.…”

Section: Creating a Profilementioning

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An evidence-based approach to an ancient pursuit: systematic review on converting online contact into a first date

Khan

Chaudhry

2015

Evid Based Med

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Objective To determine, for people seeking a date online, what activities and behaviours have an effect on the chances of converting electronic communication into a face-to-face meeting. Methods Literature in psychology, sociology, and computer, behavioural and neurocognitive sciences that informed effective online dating was captured through electronic searching of Psychinfo, Medline and Embase in November 2013. Study selection and meta-narrative synthesis were carried out in duplicate. Results There were 3938 initial citations and 86 studies were synthesised. Initial interest was best captured through: a desirable screen name starting with a letter in the top half of the alphabet; an attractive still picture; and a fluent headline message. For those attracted to browse into the profile, a description of personal traits increased likeability when it: showed who the dater was and what they were looking for in a 70:30 ratio; stayed close to reality; and employed simple language with humour added. Invitations were most successful in obtaining a response from the potential date when they: were short personalised messages addressing a trait in their profile; rhymed with their screen name or headline message; and extended genuine compliments. Online communication was most effective in leading to an inperson meeting if there were: a genuine interest; a rapid turnaround; reciprocity in self-disclosure; mimicry of body movements on the webcam; avoidance of criticism; humour; uncertainty about whether there was likeability; and an early move from electronic chat to a date. Conclusions Attraction and persuasion research provides an evidence-based approach to online dating.

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Turning vinegar into wine: Humorous self-presentations among older GLBTQ online daters

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

Categories by Heart: Shortcut Reasoning in a Cardiology Clinic

Categories by Heart: Shortcut Reasoning in a Cardiology Clinic

Older Single Gay Men’s Body Talk: Resisting and Rigidifying the Aging Discourse in the Gay Community

An evidence-based approach to an ancient pursuit: systematic review on converting online contact into a first date

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