Meyer Ilan H, Ouellette Suzanne C, Haile Rahwa, McFarlane Tracy A
The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Box 951476, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476, USA,
Sex Res Social Policy. 2011 Sep 1;8(3):204-214. doi: 10.1007/s13178-011-0063-0.
Stigma and social inequality deprive disadvantaged social groups of a sense of social well-being. Stress researchers have focused on prejudice-related events and conditions but have not described more intangible stressors experienced by sexual minorities. We use narrative methods to examine how sexual minorities experience stigma and social inequality as we focus on the more intangible stressors that are both pervasive and difficult to measure. Three themes emerged in the narratives of our ethnically diverse sample of 57 adult sexual minority women and men: (a) stigma deprived them of access to critical possibilities and opportunities; (b) stigma deprives them of safety and acceptance; and (c) despite this, the experience of stigma is also related to the adoption of a positive and collective orientation towards their stigmatized identities. Recognizing these stressors and related resilience can direct policy makers toward interventions that go even beyond eliminating prejudice by including goals to strengthen minority communities.
耻辱感和社会不平等剥夺了弱势群体的社会幸福感。压力研究人员一直专注于与偏见相关的事件和状况，但尚未描述性少数群体所经历的更无形的压力源。我们采用叙事方法来研究性少数群体如何体验耻辱感和社会不平等，因为我们关注的是那些既普遍存在又难以衡量的更无形的压力源。在我们由57名成年性少数女性和男性组成的种族多样化样本的叙述中出现了三个主题：(a) 耻辱感使他们无法获得关键的可能性和机会；(b) 耻辱感剥夺了他们的安全感和被接纳感；(c) 尽管如此，耻辱感的经历也与对其被污名化身份采取积极和集体的态度有关。认识到这些压力源和相关的复原力可以引导政策制定者采取干预措施，这些措施甚至超越消除偏见，还包括加强少数群体社区的目标。
