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22 Cards in this Set
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TRANSGENDERED people sometimes exhibit __ __ __ because they are still learning how to ___ w/ ___ as the ___ ___.
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exaggerated role display; interact; others; opposite gender
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NEGOTIATING STIGMA
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some hide it, some are motivated to tell so they can control the situation, some feel obligated to tell
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COURTESY STIGMA
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by associating with a stigmatized person, you are stigmatized
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FEMINIST SEX WARS about prostitution
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view 1: argue it commodifies and objectifies women; appalled
view 2: pro-sex feminists say women have been subordinated in so many ways--not fair to tell them how to engage their sexuality |
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PANOPTICON
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surveillance works in the way that people aren't sure if they're being monitored, but they could be, so they self-police.
strip club bouncers serve a panoptic fxn--you behave b/c they COULD catch you. |
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PRONATALISM
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view that having children is the normal, natural, and right thing to do. not having children is offensive to moral value system.
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NORMALS VS. WISE
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those without a stigma vs. normals who know about someone's stigma
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STIGMA OF FLAWED CHARACTER
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it is not discredited but is discreditable; not readily visible (i.e. an addict)
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SOCIAL LOCATION
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the accumulation of all one's intersecting identities
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SELF-INJURERS AS LONERS
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secret deviance to relieve pain & pressure of loneliness, sadness, or depression-- controlling the hurt; no deviant subculture; drifting in & out of deviance (not burning so much as to disallow access to conventional society)
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MEDICALIZATION OF DEVIANCE
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humans have to make sense of what they do; blaming mental incapacity for deviant behavior
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REAL PUNKS & PRETENDERS
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hardcore, softcore, preppies, spectators; deviant admiration by latter 2; covering stigma--masking one stigmatized identity w/ one that's less stigmatized (punk vs. bum)
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ACCOUNTS: DENIERS
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deny and justify rape: woman as seductress, say no but mean yes, women enjoy it, nice girls don't get raped, minor wrongdoing
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ACCOUNTS: ADMITTERS
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admit it but make excuses for: use of alcohol/drugs, emotional problems, nice guy image
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PRIESTS & PEDOPHILIA
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sin license (appeal to God); institution shields & protects from media; celibacy is not normal
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DISCREDITED STIGMA (tension)
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immediatel visible; contact btw normals and stigmatized is strained; normals pretend not to notice (tension control); i.e. obesity, amputee
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DISCREDITABLE STIGMA (info control)
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stigma that can be concealed in interactions; stigmatized tries to control the info that's revealed; i.e. gay or stripper
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METHODS OF INFO CONTROL
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1. passing: try to act normal, avoid close relationships (STD); use disidentifiers (gay brags about sexing many women); i.e. cancer patient wears wig
2. covering: have others help to cover for you; i.e. AIDS patient says they have cancer, anorexic blames thyroid, blind wearing glasses, amputee w/ prosthetic. |
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ABOMINATIONS OF THE BODY
TRIBAL STIGMA |
physical deformities
race, nation, religion (discredited) |
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STIGMATIZED DISEASE: herpes
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want to conceal but secrecy jeopardizes intimacy w/ others
secrecy, withdrawal, preventive telling reasons to tell: listener will still accept, demanded by relationship; secret getting in the way |
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VOLUNTARILY CHILDLESS
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need to validate deviant identity in a pronatalist social context; techniques of neutralization & accounts to excuse/justify; negative social evaluations (blemish of individ character)
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TECHNIQUES OF NEUTRALIZATION (childless)
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passing: "oh, someday!"/"not ready yet"--avoid judgment
ID substitution: presenting a stigmatized failing as something less stigmatize (we don't want kids vs. we CAN'T have kids makes people back off) redefine situation: why did you HAVE kids?; social worker presenting clients as her kids; we all serve society in diff ways |
