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Socially Valued Roles. The Heart of a Good Life. Positive vs Negative roles. The Major Negative Roles into which Devalued People Are Placed. Sub-human: Object, Animal, Vegetable. Menace: Object of Fear. Object of Ridicule. Object of Pity. Burden: Of Charity, On others.
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Socially ValuedRoles The Heart of a Good Life
The Major Negative Roles into which Devalued People Are Placed • Sub-human: Object, Animal, Vegetable. • Menace: Object of Fear. • Object of Ridicule. • Object of Pity. • Burden: Of Charity, On others. • Child: Eternally, Once again. • Client (forever, for everything). • Sick. • Garbage, Discard. • Dead, Dying, Better off dead.
“She is my forever child”, Jean says of Moya, who is 36 years old.
“……using service lifts everywhere, because Moya was thought to be contagious”.
Expectations of a Roleare formed by: • The settings people are placed into • The groupings and associations given • The activities and use of time • The appearance of people • The language to and about people • A variety of other ways
Different aspects of roles… • Positive v’s Negative Roles. • Hunger (avidity) for roles. • Big v’s Little. • Primary vs Secondary. • Achieved vs Ascribed roles. • Complimentary roles.
What Roles Bring • Status and identity. • Where we ‘belong’. • With whom we ‘belong’. • Autonomy and freedom. • Personal growth and development opportunities to contribute. • How we see ourselves. • How others see us.
‘If we believe you’re like it and treat you like it, you’ll become like it’ What you think of me I’ll think of me, And what I think of me, I’ll be.