Module Five : Resilience of Differences Eery society treats catagories of people differently, and the standardws for such treatment usually reflect the values of the dominant culture. To a greater extent, the experience of aging is aloso mediated by other sources of inequality;social class, race,ethinticity,and gender. This module will examine the sources of inequality and consider their impact on the livesof aging people. Learning Objectives 1. Describe how differences affect the aging exoerience. 2. Define the consequences of the peformance of social problems experienced by older woman and ethnic minorities. 3. Compare and contrast the common economic and haelth disparities experienced as a result of varying scial class,gender,and /or ethenticity 4. Give examples of common challenges for women over the age of 65, That form the majorityof olderpeoplin America. 5. Identify what are some of the challenges expected eith the rapidly growing number of older persons of color, buy stilla small percentage of the total older population.