HLTHAGE 3Q03 Lecture 7: Lecture-7
19 Jul 2016
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Stigma an attribute that is deeply discrediting including physical abnormalities, social ranking and anything that violates cultural or social norms i. e a character aw . When you are applying for a job, you need to answer correctly to being incarcerated, then you are subjected to the stigma associated with that. The visibility of a stigma can increase di cult in managing it, as well as change ones own self perceptions. Actions that are not perceived as normal or okay things deemed by society. In order to avoid a spoiled identity, people use management techniques such as. We use these management techniques to avoid being labeled, to lessen the degree of labelling to avoid identi cation and to avoid the e ects of internalization of labelling/stigma. Lessening an o ence break and enter you would turn/shape it into just shoplifting. Maintaining the central part of ourselves that we want others to see; and hiding parts we don"t want others to see.
