DEVIANCE 2: STIGMA MANAGEMENT – Flashcards
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What is the "spoiled identity"? Who came up with it?
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-the reaction of others spoils the normal identity -Erving Goffman
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What is stigma management?
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-the response to this reaction - it is the various methods or techniques that people use to cope with a discredited/discreditable identity
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What are the 3 techniques of managing bankruptcy stigma?
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1. Concealment 2. Avoidance 3. Deviance avowal: they are found out/discredited, must turn to avowal techniques
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What are the 2 types of deviance avowal?
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1. Distancing- distancing themselves from the stereotype, their situation is somehow different 2. Transcendence: "rising above" promising to be better in the future
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What is the glass elevator?
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-men rising quickly through the ranks above women who dominate the field
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Male cheer leading: 2 aspects of the stigma?
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1. Feminine sport 2. Sexuality
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Men Who Cheer: 3 Face saving strategies?
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1. territoriality: men claim cheerleading is a male sport 2. hypermasculinity: toughness and agression, strength, manual labor, competitiveness, physical exertion 3. Sexual objectification of women: prove they are hetero
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What are the 3 organizational frameworks of collective stigma management?
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1. Rationality: managing shame and developing a rational plan (weight watchers) problem is internal 2. Redemption: problem viewed as beyong them, submit to a higher power, problem is external (Over eaters anonymous) 3. Activism: reject societal views outright, try to change their stigma (NAAFA)
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What does NAAFA stand for? When was it founded?
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National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance 1969
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