Social Stigma

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Social stigma is severe social disapproval of personal characteristics or beliefs that are against Norm (sociology). Social stigma often leads to marginalization.

Examples of existing or historic social stigmas can be physical or mental disabilities and mental illnesss, as well as illegitimacy, homosexuality or affiliation with a specific nationality, religion (or lack of religionhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070331.ATHEIST31/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/http://atheism.about.com/b/a/258950.htm) or ethnicity, such as being a Jew, an African American, or a Roma people. Likewise, Crime carries a strong social stigma.

Stigma comes in three forms:Erving Goffman, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, Prentice-Hall, 1963, ISBN 0-671-62244-7. Overt or external deformations. Examples of this are physical manifestations of anorexia nervosa, leprosy, or a physical disability. Second, the known deviations in personal traits. For example, drug addicts, alcoholics, and criminals are stigmatized in this way. Third, "tribal stigmas" are traits of a race, nation, or religion that constitute a deviation from the normative race, nationality or religion. For example, Jewish people in Nazi Germany.Although the specific social categories that become stigmatized can vary across times and places, the three basic forms of stigma (physical deformity, poor personal traits, and tribal outgroup status) are found in most cultures and time periods, leading some psychologists to hypothesize that the tendency to stigmatize may have evolutionary roots.

See also

Identity (social science)
Label (sociology)
Labelling
Stereotype
Taboo
Passing (sociology)
Collateral consequences of criminal charges

Further reading

Erving Goffman, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, Prentice-Hall, 1963, ISBN 0-671-62244-7.
Heatherton, T. F., Kleck, R. E., Hebl, M. R., & Hull, J. G. (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Stigma, Guilford Press, 2000, ISBN 1-572-30573-8.
Kurzban, R., & Leary, M. R. (2001). Evolutionary Origins of Stigmatization: The Functions of Social Exclusion. Psychological Bulletin 127: 187-208.

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article.

References

External Links Research group that studies stigma related to people with mental illness

Social stigma is severe social disapproval of personal characteristics or beliefs that are against Norm (sociology). Social stigma often leads to marginalization.

Examples of existing or historic social stigmas can be physical or mental disabilities and mental illnesss, as well as illegitimacy, homosexuality or affiliation with a specific nationality, religion (or lack of religionhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070331.ATHEIST31/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/http://atheism.about.com/b/a/258950.htm) or ethnicity, such as being a Jew, an African American, or a Roma people. Likewise, Crime carries a strong social stigma.

Stigma comes in three forms:Erving Goffman, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, Prentice-Hall, 1963, ISBN 0-671-62244-7. Overt or external deformations. Examples of this are physical manifestations of anorexia nervosa, leprosy, or a physical disability. Second, the known deviations in personal traits. For example, drug addicts, alcoholics, and criminals are stigmatized in this way. Third, "tribal stigmas" are traits of a race, nation, or religion that constitute a deviation from the normative race, nationality or religion. For example, Jewish people in Nazi Germany.Although the specific social categories that become stigmatized can vary across times and places, the three basic forms of stigma (physical deformity, poor personal traits, and tribal outgroup status) are found in most cultures and time periods, leading some psychologists to hypothesize that the tendency to stigmatize may have evolutionary roots.

See also

Identity (social science)
Label (sociology)
Labelling
Stereotype
Taboo
Passing (sociology)
Collateral consequences of criminal charges