Social stigma

Visualization of narrower problems
Name(s): 
Stigmatization
Nature 
A social stigma is a mark of disgrace imposed on an individual by other individuals or a social group. In popular usage it often refers to any negative sanction or to disapproval for nonconformity.

An undesirable differentness of an individual that disqualifies him or her from full social acceptance. It is an attribute or stereotype that departs negatively from the expectations of others.

Claim 
Different patterns of coercion and exclusion have been exercised over time against socially stigmatized groups, notably those thereby defined as mad.
Broader 
Victimization
Harmful thought
Narrower 
Stigmatized diseases
Dependence on breast feeding
Discrimination against unmarried women
Discrimination against HIV-infected persons
Discrimination against illegitimate children
Discrimination against the poor in judicial sanctions
Aggravates 
Teasing
Underreported disease
Ill defined causes of morbidity [in 2 loops]
Violation of the rights of sexual minorities [in 1 loop]
Aggravated by 
Divorce
Deviance
Alopecia
Prejudice
Bestiality
Marital instability
Prejudice in children
Psychological conflict
Sexual exploitation of men
Human pseudo hermaphroditism
Restrictive social practices
Unemployment as a perpetuator of failure
Discrimination against unmarried mothers
Children engendered by occupying soldiers
Discrimination against mixed race children
Uncritical acceptance of dogmas and standards
Failure to legally rehabilitate victims of miscarriage of justice
Strategy(ies) 
Stigmatizing
Value(s) 
Stigma
Unsociable
Reference(s) 
Gerhardt, Uta E and Wadsworth, Michael E J: Stress and Stigma: explanation and evidence in the sociology of crime and illness
Goffman, Irving: Stigma: notes on the management of spoiled identity
Ainlay, Stephen C, et al: The Dilemma of Difference: a multidisciplinary view of stigma
Page, Robert M: Stigma
Type 
(D) Detailed problems