May 14, 20193 min readWhat is the problem, exactly?(Note: If you have not read the Terminology section yet, please do so! It will make reading these posts much easier.) Last year, in 2018,...
May 13, 20192 min readInvisible Stigma and "Coming Out"As mentioned in the blog post titled “What is the problem, exactly?”, stigma is an attribute that society views negatively and attributes...
May 12, 20195 min readIngroups and Outgroups If you’ve seen high school cliques, then you have a basic understanding of what an ingroup and an outgroup are, as well as ingroup bias....
May 11, 20192 min readMoral Values and Prejudice A commonly used excuse for prejudice/discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals often sounds something like this: “I have no problem with...
May 10, 20193 min readThe Affordance Management/Fundamental Motive Affective-Behavioral Model of LGB PrejudiceThe title of this blog post probably makes no sense if you haven’t taken social psychology or evolutionary psychology, but don’t worry....
May 9, 20193 min readScandal, Misconceptions, Sexual Offenders, and The Proportionality Argument Trigger Warning: Mention of sexual offenders, pedophilia, sexual assault, child molestation In 2002, a scandal broke into the news which...
May 8, 20192 min readNuances of Anti-transgender PrejudiceAs can be seen from the other posts on this blog, much of the information which applies to sexual minorities can also be interpreted to...