PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate, Gay Bar, Erving Goffman
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Matthew sheppard, young gay man, walked into a gay bar. Two heterosexual men, pretending to be gay, picked him up and said they"d take him home. Instead, they took him out to a farm and pistol whipped him resulting in brain damage, trauma. They also tied him up in a crucifixion" pose. Matthew wasn"t found until the next day and later died in hospital. In the us, being targeted based on sexual orientation isn"t considered basis for a hate crime, in some states. The laramie project play based on matthew"s story. Let"s look at the target"s point of view. The lion"s story will never be told as long as the hunter is telling the story . Stigma: possession of a trait/characteristic that is devalued by society: stigmatized have spoiled identity , are discriminated against behavioural, economically. Types of stigma (goffman, 1963): abominations of body, obesity, cleft palate, blemishes of character personality, mental state, anorexia, tribal markers race etc.
