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What is devalued in a culture can be more clearly perceived by identifying what is positively valued, and vice versa.
Consider then a few examples of characteristics that are positively valued in some societies, but are devalued, or at least seen as peculiar in others:
‘Unusual’ Attributes Valued Various Societies and Eras
China Old Age, mutilated feet Pre-Revolution USA Old Age W Africa & Arabic Simple, Disordered Mind Pre Soviet Russia Fool for Christ Germany Facial scars in men Ethiopia Men having visible signs of venereal disease Middle-East Obesity in women Western World Near anorexic/drug-wasted look- ‘heroin chic’ American Native Beliefs, Turkey and Elsewhere Psychosis Romantic Europe Tuberculosis Mayan Society Slightly Crossed Eyes
‘Unusual’ Attributes Devalued Various Societies and Eras
Arabic World Thinness in women Polynesian society Thinness in Men and Women Weimar Germany Thinness in Men Puritan New England Worldly Knowledge Nineteenth Century Britain Education in women Modern Britain Practical (especially Scientific) knowledge Britain Nouveaux Riche Britain Intelligence- ‘Too smart by half’ USA Lawyers, Journalists and Politicians Nineteenth Century Britain Sun-tan (indicated manual occupation)
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Social Role Valorization A scientific explanation of societal devaluation of groups & individuals. How this happens and how it might be changed.
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