Does Telling Anti Gay/Lesbian/Transgender Jokes Hurt?

Hi Cuties,

So for today I thought we would dive deep into the psychology of discriminatory jokes and their effects on society.

Why and I doing this?

Well, I have noticed that there seems to be more and more derogatory jokes on social media specifically TicTok.

Now lets be honest.  Are you the kind of person who will tell a certain kind of joke when you are with like minded individuals that you would not dare tell otherwise?

TicTok seems to provide an environment that allows a certain amount of anonymity for the teller that may be emboldening some people to go farther.  

For example:  "What's the difference between a painting of Jesus and the real person?  The painting only takes one nail to hang up."

Now I'm sure there are people who find that offensive and it made me wonder if that type of thing pushes people to other actions.

In an article published by Psychology Today Gil Greengross Ph.D wrote an article that asks "Does Racist Humor Promote Racism?"

The article talked about something that is called the "Normative Window Theory of Prejudice".

It suggests that we place social groups on a scale, in terms of how legitimate it is to discriminate and have prejudice attitudes against them.  It is totally acceptable to hold prejudiced views against racists, or against kids who steal lunch money because these behaviors are condemned in our society.  

So in a nut shell, it is acceptable to discriminate against those groups that society agrees to.

Depending on where you stand in this country you may or may not be in one of those groups.

Does that mean that if you are in one of those groups and you are in a less than understanding city, are you in danger of physical violence because you belong to that group?

How comfortable would you be as a transwoman in a group of rednecks down in Texas?

It wasn't all that long ago that gay bashing was a thing in this country and until recently transgender panic was an acceptable defense for murder in many states.

I would hope that as a society we never back slide into states of discrimination.

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