Ageism e bolela khethollo le leeme ho latela lilemo tsa motho, tse amang batho ba bacha le ba baholo. E qapiloe ke Robert N. Butler ka 1969, lentsoe lena le akarelletsa maikutlo a fosahetseng mabapi le botsofali, mekhoa e khethollang batho ba hōlileng, le khatello ea bacha ke meloko ea batho ba hōlileng. Botsofali bo iponahatsa ka mefuta e sa tšoaneng, ho akarelletsa le likhopolo-taba tse akaretsang bokhoni le lithahasello tse thehiloeng lilemo, leeme le lebisang ho kheseng kapa ho utloela bohloko, le khethollo e fellang ka liketso tse kotsi khahlanong le batho ka bomong ka lebaka la lilemo tsa bona.