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Not Just Words, but an Entire Identity
Hilde Lindemann Nelson9s book is full of examples of people who are assigned
morally degrading identities. She mentions people of color and LGBT+ people, but
also mothers, nurses, and women, as examples of groups of people who have
been assigned morally degrading identities. She views the assignment of morally
degrading identities as a widespread phenomenon.
I can9t help but think of my experience on the massage table as an example. I
have a strong sense that being identified as stubborn in our culture can be
morally degrading: stubborn people are easily seen as inflexible and opinionated,
as someone who won9t listen to reason. In Danish, there9s even a term for
