SOSC 1910 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 Notes are spaced out on first two pages, single spaced for rest of document!
16 Oct 2011
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Sosc 1210 feb 3/10: stigmatization and stigma by association, heterosexism and homophobia: invalidation myth ideologies, forms of discrimination, persecution. Criminalization: passing and the closet: the impact of the double life syndrome. Dominant group in effect others not only gays and lesbians but also to transgendered people. Dominant group says that anyone who does not conform to what they do is unnatural ; its a bipolar world divided into males and females. Not just gays and lesbians that have been othered. Argue in claiming those rights and winning them what has happened is that it has begun to broaden our understanding of sexuality and the legitimate ways in which it can be expressed. Stigmatization: concept that refers to the phenomenon of deep discreditization. Derives from the discrediting label imposed on the ppl assumed to be the barer of the negative evaluated attribute. Once imposed, the label grants the person as less than human/ anti human; a social outcast.
