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Post by luro2020 on Jul 3, 2017 0:15:29 GMT
I was wondering , there's been this aspect of heightism that i can't pinpoint and put a name to. What is it called when one part of society acknowledges the importance it has placed on height, but the other segment play dumb and give examples of short people who have never had issues and act totally blind to the taller male norm even when it's right in front of them? For example, someone bringing up height's obvious value in our society that it shouldn't have: Why do people think it's ok to discriminate based on height and why is taller viewed as better? dumb bigot:What are you talking about, my ..... is 5'5 and has never had an issue, height doesn't matter. It's this subtle denying of heightism when they know damn well a 5'3 man is not viewed the same as a 6'3 one. What is this called? cognitive dissonance, or are they just being/playing stupid, because these same people blow up height but then will tell you to your face they've never heard of it being a problem/ they don't know what you're talking about.
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Post by Heightism Report on Jul 4, 2017 3:13:42 GMT
It's like a combination of people seeking confirmation bias so that they can believe that heightism doesn't exist, in addition to hypocrisy by praising tall men, while refusing to admit that short men being on the losing end doesn't affect their lives. Cognitive dissonance doesn't actually begin until they actually notice these inconsistencies and refuse to admit that they exist. I believe that heightism is ignored to such a substantial degree that heightists don't even experience cognitive dissonance because they have never been confronted with the hypocritical views that they hold. This is what our job is. We need to point-out these hypocrisies in-order to get the cycle of cognitive dissonance started. You are completely accurate though in noting the idiotic way that this plays-out. I think everyone is aware enough to understand that a 5'3 man and a 6'3 man are treated differently, so on that level, there may be some cognitive dissonance brewing. To answer your question as to what this phenomenon is called, I'm not sure if there's a technical term for it, but it is certainly an all-out case of denial.
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