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An Online Resource Library on Gender-Based Violence.

Master Status Fact Sheet

General Material
Published Date
July, 2012
Publisher(s)
FORGE

The term "master status" was first used by Everett Hughes in the 1940s to describe the tendency of observers to believe that one label or demographic category is more significant than any other aspect of [the observed persons] background, behavior, or performance. When applied to transgender people, master status refers to assuming that everything about a transgender person must be related to their gender.

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Master Status Fact Sheet
Material Categories
LGBTQ Rights
Attitudes / Perception / Awareness
Domestic Violence
Gender
Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity
Sexual Violence

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