Indicators of structural sexism and racism are associated with greater memory decline in older women in the United States.
A new study from Columbia University researchers: ‘Sexism Is a Risk Factor for Memory Decline Among Women’
From the Columbia University posting:
“The difference between being born in the most versus the least sexist state was equivalent to nine years of cognitive aging.
The study is part of a growing body of research that has investigated links between structural sexism and health. Structural sexism, like structural racism, does not refer to personal incidences but to inequality in resources and power that stem from social policies and societal norms. Hate crimes or slurs are individual acts of racism or sexism, whereas unfair lending practices and underrepresentation in government are structural.”
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/sexism-risk-factor-memory-decline-among-women
![Tarmac path with a red line on it. Below the line it is stencil sprayed in white (all CAPS):
"Ab hier sinkt Deine Lebenserwartung um 6 Jahre."
[engl. "From here on your life expectancy lowers by six years."]
This is on the foot and cycle path of the massive rail bridge in Cologne, on the left you can see some fencing and below it the river Rhine, and to the right the (potentially famous?) padlocks put up by people as a memento to their relatiionships.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/295/035/682/251/242/original/4665bfbb852016e8.jpg "Tarmac path with a red line on it. Below the line it is stencil sprayed in white (all CAPS):
\"Ab hier sinkt Deine Lebenserwartung um 6 Jahre.\"
[engl. \"From here on your life expectancy lowers by six years.\"]
This is on the foot and cycle path of the massive rail bridge in Cologne, on the left you can see some fencing and below it the river Rhine, and to the right the (potentially famous?) padlocks put up by people as a memento to their relatiionships.")
