Tag Archives: stigma
On SAGE Insight: “We Cannot Let Them Die”: Undocumented Immigrants and Media Framing of Health Deservingness in the United States
From Qualitative Health Research The extent to which the U.S. government should provide health services to undocumented immigrants has been a topic of heated debate in recent years. While human rights frameworks support the notion of universal access to health … Continue reading
On SAGE Insight: Female Masculinity at Work: Managing Stigma on the Job
From Psychology of Women Quarterly The term “masculine women” describes women who identify, or are socially recognized, as women, yet display masculinity broadly through appearance, behavior, and interactional styles. Researchers have suggested that masculine women often identify as lesbian or queer … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, SAGE Insight
Tagged gender identity, masculinity, sexual orientation, stigma, working conditions
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On SAGE Insight: Work‒life laws privilege brothel and community interests, negatively impacting legal prostitutes in Nevada
Article title: Work–life management in legal prostitution: Stigma and lockdown in Nevada’s brothels From Human Relations Work‒life laws and policies are put in place primarily to protect workers. However, for legal prostitutes working in Nevada’s brothels these laws and policies … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Management, SAGE Insight
Tagged brothels, dirty work, prostitution, sex work, stigma, work–life balance, work–life management
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Pregnant women at work: The role of stigma in predicting women’s intended exit from the workforce
From Psychology of Women Quarterly The majority of U.S. women are working, either full time or part time, when they become pregnant for the first time. Although most women in the United States return to work within 3 months of … Continue reading
Honor and the stigma of mental healthcare
From Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Mental illness is associated in many cultures with a variety of negative stereotypes, including being dangerous, unpredictable, and weak. Such stereotypes and the discriminatory treatment that can accompany such stereotypes can serve as … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Psychology, SAGE Insight
Tagged culture, honor, mental health, stigma
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Emotional baggage? Dirty occupation – Don’t taint our profession
Why would you want to do that?’: Defining emotional dirty work From Human Relations Social scientists suggest that we view workers in distasteful professions who do our “dirty work” as tainted – physically, socially or morally. Now researchers have named … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirt, dirty work, emotional labour, ethnography, Management, Samaritans, stigma, suicide
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Psychiatrists’ labeling practices may be desensitizing the public
The labeling paradox: Stigma, the sick role, and social networks in mental illness From Journal of Health & Social Behavior Does the growing number of psychiatric disorder diagnoses have an effect on people with mental illnesses? According to this study, … Continue reading
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Tagged Labeling, mental illness, sick role, Social Networks, stigma
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Nut allergy sufferers face prejudice
A qualitative study of families of a child with a nut allergy From Chronic Illness Parents of nut-allergy sufferers face hostility and scepticism in trying to find safe environments for their children. Researchers in this study found that parents are … Continue reading
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Tagged disability, Food allergy, food labelling, nut allergy, stigma
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