{"id":1330,"date":"2017-03-03T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2017-02-27T17:56:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T23:56:20","slug":"how-discrimination-harms-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2017\/03\/03\/how-discrimination-harms-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How Discrimination Harms Your Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A recent study<\/a> in the medical community has shown a decrease in teen suicide, particularly among high schoolers who are sexual minorities, since same-sex marriage was legalized. This is evidence that change in social policy impacts health outcomes among those who experience discrimination. This is important because social science has documented the negative impacts of gender and racial discrimination on mental and physical health.<\/span><\/p>\n

A person\u2019s status as a racial\u00a0or sexual minority impacts their exposure to stress through\u00a0perceived discrimination — a key way that racial, gender, and class inequalities in physical and mental health occur. The centrality and\/or visibility of racial or sexual differences in a person\u2019s life affects\u00a0if and how often discrimination is perceived — the higher the salience or visibility of one\u2019s racial or sexual identity, the higher level of perceived discrimination and the higher level of stress that person experiences.<\/span><\/h5>\n