The way of how a community treats its members and the roles it assigns to them, defines whether a member is valued or not in that community. Moreover, a valued member in a community is the member who has valued roles, and is needed to perform a certain task or to provide a service within that community. On the other hand, a devalued member in a community is the member who is being marginalized by the community or does not have a role in that community. Furthermore, a devalued member of society can become a valued member if one or more of the following is achieved. First of all, a community should allow and encourage devalued members to develop their skills within the institutions of the community. Secondly, a devalued member should be assigned
