I'll cry if i want to: Emotional exhaustion harms society's outcasts

Monday, February 29, 2016 - 14:40 in Psychology & Sociology

Most theories suggest some people are willing to view stigmatized individuals, such as drug addicts, as less than human because believing people in these situations don't have the capacity to think and feel like others makes it easier to marginalize them. Research has now found another reason why people may dehumanize society’s outcasts: emotional exhaustion.

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