Settersten. In this reading the concept that as children mature they earn their rights and privileges for independence, whereas aging adults lose their independence. What are some of the safeguards that ensure we as developmental scientist do not create stereotypes that misrepresent the capable population of aging adults. Baltes (1997). The phenomena about women living longer than men, but having a less desirable functional status was presented in this reading. The question that I have in regards to this, is could we us the LGBTQ community to determine how much evolution affects this situation verse the stresses of gender- role? Do men die younger because they have to be men? Would using same-sex relationships where the either the
