Talk:Social stigma
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[edit] Moved a Sentence To The Top
I moved the sentence (below) to the opening paragraph. It was buried farther down in the article but is clearly essential to the core definition of what 'stigma' actually is:
"Stigma is often based on ignorance, irrational or unfounded fears, mass hysteria, lack of education, or a lack of information pertaining to a particular person or group."
Sean7phil (talk) 23:53, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
- Although this is a popular cliché, it's mostly disproved by empirical research, so I replaced it with something based on science. Tijfo098 (talk) 10:28, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Addition
I added 'sane' and 'mentalliy ill' under the differentiation section.Social stigma being such a major factor associated with visible or known mental illnesses.
24.8.106.182 (talk) 23:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Positive stigma?
I might just be being ignorant but I'm pretty sure 'positive stigma' is an oxymoron a contradiction in terms. Plus the following sentence ends in nonsense. 82.71.1.116 19:35, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
it seems pretty lame to me to qualify " a jew in nazi germany, a african american before 1960, an arab post 9-11/"...aren't these stigmas still active? - signed by an anon IP
- Not the same way as it was under these periods of time. It's a social stigma to be a woman in some social situations, even more to be a homosexual in a religious-oriented environment and even for myself a white American on certain issues to admit they have Native American ancestors, there's a small level of self-shame, discomfort and mourning in that retrospective. In the U.S. back in the 1970's and '80s, there was a wave of ethnic pride of an "Americanized" people to safely say they are "Irish, Italian, German, Polish, Greek, etc." without being seen as ethnics or foreigners, the trend of multiculturalism for a "color blind" society to tolerate African-American, as well Asian and Hispanic ethnic identity that once was stigmatized...and the watch word "tolerance" in the 1990's allowed more social groups to "come out" and discuss experiences as a formerly stigmatized group of people. + 71.102.2.206 (talk) 04:01, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
What is the meaning for the word outcast? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.151.76 (talk) 18:20, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] I agree
I feel this article is poorly written, and by someone who has a very shallow understanding of stigma. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.239.230.76 (talk) 05:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
highly agread —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.126.186.190 (talk) 00:27, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
== What is the meaning of the word outcast? ==''Link title'' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.151.76 (talk) 18:21, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merge proposal
I think this article should be merged into the article Stigma (Sociological Theory). --Antonielly 19:15, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
- Let's discuss this at Talk:Stigma (sociological theory)#Merge proposal. delldot talk 09:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Origin of the Term
I'm interested and some others probably are as to the origin of the term stigmatization. Obviously -ation can be taken off, giving you the verb to stigmatize. The earliest recorded use of stigma is in the greek ... oh god... I think it's a diagraph? Or a ligature? Whatever. So where is the connection? -Panther (talk) 16:04, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia exclusive
The article appears to be more of an opinion based editorial exclusive to Wikipedia rather than an encyclopedic treatment of a subject. There are a lot of broad sweeping ascertions expressed with little or no facts or evidence to substantiate. Several vague comments (e.g. lack of education?) add to the implausibility of this entry. Perhaps more references to credible scientific studies, with detailed analysis and explanation. What, specifically, does "lack of education" imply? mrcdem
[edit] Theory-ladden
This article appears theory-ladden with a lot of detailed exposés of various theories of how stigma might occur being given upfront. Are these widely accepted in sociology? Most of them seem rather untestable to me, and the wiki article doesn't attempt to discuss that aspect. Tijfo098 (talk) 15:39, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
