El cuerpo de la vejez desde una perspectiva de género. Aproximaciones desde La vejez de Simone de Beauvoir

Abstract: The essay situates the aging in the contemporary society, a stage in life imbued by multiples meanings granted by the bi-capitalism (NEGRI, 2014) which stigmatize it by using pejorative designations. Among the most commonly used designations we may find the ones that present the elderly as a "problem", or a "burden impossible to be carried" by the families that, increasingly and more frequently, delegate their care to specialized institutions, leading the elderly to be found in a state of complete abandonment and neglect. From this perspective we may state that among all age groups t...