I can’t quote a study but I would bet sure stigmatizing racism directly led to a reduction in racist remarks and actions. People are impressionable and are strongly influenced by the society around them.
I don’t disagree, but i think the situation becomes drastically different when we are talking about sexual desires. Again, I don’t have anything better than moderate familiarization with Kinsey to back that up.
I agree. What I meant to say is we SHOULD stigmatize, not we stigmatize. thanks for making me rethink it.
Does stigmatizing harmful social acts reliably lead to a reduction in their incidence or in the harm they cause?
I can’t quote a study but I would bet sure stigmatizing racism directly led to a reduction in racist remarks and actions. People are impressionable and are strongly influenced by the society around them.
But only a reduction in racism against beings that were nearly indistinguishable from the racist humans in the first place.
I don’t disagree, but i think the situation becomes drastically different when we are talking about sexual desires. Again, I don’t have anything better than moderate familiarization with Kinsey to back that up.
I would say quite the opposite, as would Dr. Kinsey from what i understand.