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Discussions About Being Bald => General Discussion => Topic started by: xKevoBx on August 08, 2010, 09:31:16 PM
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Hey everyone. I just thought about this, I don't know if any of you thought of this, but do you think in our society bald guys are villainized? The discussions here have made me thinking about all the evil villains are bald. Alot of my references are from video games because I love video games. Some of them are Sigma from Megaman X, Dark Emperor Palamecia from Final Fantasy II, of course Dr. Evil, or even perhaps how Britney Spears was villianized for shaving her head. What are your thoughts? Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill.
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I think society's villainization of bald men was more prevalent before the past two decades.
Don't want to go into a long explanation so check out the concept of "the Other".
According to Wikipedia (a very reputable source :P), "(The Other) has been used in social science to understand the processes by which societies and groups exclude 'Others' whom they want to subordinate or who do not fit into their society ... Othering helps distinguish between home and away, the uncertain or certain. It often involves the demonization and dehumanization of groups, which further justifies attempts to civilize and exploit these 'inferior' others."