They’re not like other girls. They’re “pickme” girls who think being on the inside makes them special by proxy. Like Serena and all the wives in Handmaid’s Tale, they think being part of the in group mea they’re part of the superior class. And maybe they are, until they step one toe out of line from their designated lane.
Yeah internalized racism research has found that’s pretty much how it works.
People will accept bigotry against their own group and even promote it , a lot, but they distance themselves by assuring themselves that they aren’t like “those ones”.
They are better. They follow the right rules.
The specific phenomena is called cognitive dissonance and the distortion that comes along with two competing beliefs.
I assume that many of them think they’re “not like other girls” and thus an exception.
They’re not like other girls. They’re “pickme” girls who think being on the inside makes them special by proxy. Like Serena and all the wives in Handmaid’s Tale, they think being part of the in group mea they’re part of the superior class. And maybe they are, until they step one toe out of line from their designated lane.
Yeah internalized racism research has found that’s pretty much how it works.
People will accept bigotry against their own group and even promote it , a lot, but they distance themselves by assuring themselves that they aren’t like “those ones”.
They are better. They follow the right rules.
The specific phenomena is called cognitive dissonance and the distortion that comes along with two competing beliefs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority
And let’s not forget: Internalized Misogyny
Definitely more common than a lot of people realize