According to President Elizabeth Pike, the third age is a period of retirement from paid work during which people can continue to live active, healthy lives. This is often the stage of life when people stop working full-time and have more time to explore and indulge in leisure activities.

What it means by the statement that sport can help again people to simultaneously “accept and resist the ageing process” is that sport helps reduce ageing expectations. People assume that ageing comes with weakening bodies, lower abilities, and a less physically active lifestyle overall. However, sports helps alter these perceptions. Sport can help resist the ageing process because aging people are choosing to stay actively engaged even though they are aware that the aging process brings physical changes. By participating in sport, older people are challenging the assumption that aging leads lower physical abilities. They are overcoming societies assumptions by continuing maintaining their strength and physicality, demonstrating it is possible to remain physically active even if you are aging. In relation to acceptance, aging people are aware and able to recognize that aging comes with changes in their bodies which can affect the way we move, however, instead of decreasing physical activity, they might change the ways they move their bodies.

According to Pike, groups that are less likely to have extensive opportunities to take part in sports are people with disabilities, those who are frail, some minority ethnic groups, people confined to care facilities and those living in rural areas. Much of this has to do with a lack of opportunities and resources available to these groups. For example, people with disabilities may have less extensive opportunities because of the lack of accessible sports and opportunities provided to them. This can include activities that are not friendly to their disabilities which overall leads to a lack of participation in sports. Privilege plays a major role into aging in sport. For instance, economic privilege can provide much more opportunities for individuals in terms of sport and ageing. People with high income have greater access to healthcare opportunities that will overall better support their health and aging process. Additionally, they may be able to afford more costly opportunities, like access to facilitates and coaching which benefits them for sport participating in comparison to those with lower income.

There are several differences between the two ads. The first ad, “You Can’t Stop Us,” shows athletes that are playing at a higher level and professionally whereas the second ad consists of individuals who are engaged in sport at a lower level, almost as a leisure activity. Also, it shows the real experiences of people engaged in sport, specifically women and girls. I believe the first ad is more inclusive because it shows the differences experiences of athletes. There was a wide range of individuals who looked different and had different abilities. In terms of age, the first ad shows a wider range consisting of young kids, to adults. The second ad also shows several age ranges among women and girls.

Yes, I agree that aging has been “feminized” in a way that women live longer than men because aging to linked more towards women outliving men. I believe a big part of this is what industries provide to women. For instance, older women are given more health related support in regards to aging to make them look and feel younger. Products also play a role for women because many companies make products targeted to women that make them believe that they need to maintain a younger look or use certain products to make themselves look younger. This contributes to the idea that aging has been “feminized” because of products and industries that are targeting women in terms of anti-aging solutions.