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Constructing a discourse and/or narrative where a certain category of people is seen as less than human. (In Swedish: dehumanisering) | Constructing a discourse and/or narrative where a certain category of people is seen as less than human. (In Swedish: dehumanisering) | ||
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| + | This [[facet of categorism]] is an expression of: [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]] and [[discrimination]], acting on the [[dogmatic level]] or discursive level]].<br> | ||
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| + | It is likely to intersect with facets such as: | ||
| + | * ''[[Othering]]'': If it isn't even human, it's certainly not one of us! | ||
| + | * ''[[Incomprehensibilization]]'': it is hard to dehumanize someone we understand, and hard to understand someone while we dehumanize them. | ||
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| + | As well as with [[abstractions of categorism|abstractions]] such as: | ||
| + | * ''[[Categorization by emotional bias]]'': When we see someone as human, it becomes hard to categorize this person as something we consider to be less than human. | ||
| + | * ''[[Zero-category]]'': Through dehumanizing a minority, it becomes easy to pretend that the majority is simply "human" - and thus not a category. | ||
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| + | Examples of applying this facet to a particular [[foci of categorism]] can include: | ||
| + | * ''[[homophobia]]'': Talking about gay people as if they were animals in heat. | ||
| + | * ''[[misogyny]]'': Talking about human traits such as logic and reason as if they were exclusively male traits, as if women were pet animals rather than fellow human beings. | ||
| + | * ''[[misandry]]'': Talking about men as if they were robots or monstrous beasts. "To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo." | ||
Revision as of 01:54, 13 September 2014
Constructing a discourse and/or narrative where a certain category of people is seen as less than human. (In Swedish: dehumanisering)
Interactions
This facet of categorism is an expression of: prejudice, bigotry and discrimination, acting on the dogmatic level or discursive level]].
It is likely to intersect with facets such as:
- Othering: If it isn't even human, it's certainly not one of us!
- Incomprehensibilization: it is hard to dehumanize someone we understand, and hard to understand someone while we dehumanize them.
As well as with abstractions such as:
- Categorization by emotional bias: When we see someone as human, it becomes hard to categorize this person as something we consider to be less than human.
- Zero-category: Through dehumanizing a minority, it becomes easy to pretend that the majority is simply "human" - and thus not a category.
Examples of applying this facet to a particular foci of categorism can include:
- homophobia: Talking about gay people as if they were animals in heat.
- misogyny: Talking about human traits such as logic and reason as if they were exclusively male traits, as if women were pet animals rather than fellow human beings.
- misandry: Talking about men as if they were robots or monstrous beasts. "To call a man an animal is to flatter him; he's a machine, a walking dildo."
