Problem
Discrimination against people with dwarfism and little people
Other Names:
Active prejudice towards little peopleUnequal facilities for people of short stature
Nature:
Discrimination against undersized persons exists, tacitly, in the size ranges of clothing, furniture, vehicles, equipment, stairs, and public conveniences. Employment discrimination is overt, and formal height requirements exist for a number of jobs, although tasks could be developed in some occupations for those of lesser height. Undersized persons may be little people or dwarfs by individual genetic anomaly, or comparatively or relatively small (pygmy populations, or average east Asians among average Scandinavians for example), or they may be children.
Incidence:
Serious inconvenience to the undersized may exist in hospitals, schools or other facilities of institutional life.
Broader Problems:
Discrimination against people of abnormal size Narrower Problems:
Domestic inconvenience for little people and large peopleLack of adequate clothing supply for little people and large people Related Problems:
Discrimination against giants Aggravates:
DominationAbuse of human growth hormone Strategies:
Increasing human physical height Subject(s):
Medicine → MalformationsSociety → Individuals
Society → People
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
07.03.2022 – 17:07 CET