Obituary Photos Suggest Growing Bias Against Aging Faces
Monday, May 18, 2009 - 11:21
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study that looked at obituary photographs published in one metropolitan newspaper suggests that Americans may have become more biased toward youthful appearance, particularly for women. The study found that the number of obituary photographs showing the deceased at a much younger age than when he or she died more than doubled between 1967 and 1997.
