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Is it hot in here, or is it just me? Reality as contested terrain
You’ve been there. Someone walks into a room and asks, “Is it hot in here, or is it just me?” Have you ever thought about that question? It seems rather odd to say such a thing when you look at … Continue reading
Posted in Social Construction
Tagged constructionism, phenomenology, reality, reality check, reality contest
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The Stigmatized Organization: Setting a Research Agenda
The following represents a review of the limited work on the stigmatized organization and sets the stage for an examination of the clergy sex abuse scandal and the stigmatization faced by the Catholic Church. As a social psychologist, and unlike … Continue reading
Placing Stigma in Context
As a social psychologist—and unlike an organizational sociologist—I am curious to explore the processes by which an organization is stigmatized. In the context of the clergy sex abuse scandal and cover-up within the Catholic Church, individual priests, bishops, cardinals, and … Continue reading
Beyond a Doubt
In the beginning of the movie Doubt (2008), the priest gives a sermon on that topic, saying that people can unite in doubt as much as they unite in certainty. The main character, a nun who is the principal of the Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Church, Sex Abuse Scandal, Stigmatization
Tagged clergy abuse, secrets, stigmatized organizations
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