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Almina Bajic

  • Stereotype Threat

    Stereotype Threat

    Stereotypes are representations and beliefs about people and the social groups to which they belong, usually generalized and misattributed (Operario & Fiske, 2003). Stereotype…

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  • Body Image

    Body Image

    Body image is defined as the picture of our own body that we form in our mind, that is, how the body appears to…

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  • Ableism

    Ableism

    Ableism refers to the discrimination and prejudice against people with mental, emotional, or physical disabilities.While ‘ability’ refers mostly to a specific set of functional…

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  • Fatphobia

    Fatphobia

    Fatphobia refers to the fear, hatred, and loathing of fat bodies (Stoll et al., 2022). While fatphobia is used more commonly, terms such as…

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  • “Toxic” Masculinity

    “Toxic” Masculinity

    Toxic masculinity refers to a perspective that takes behaviors, traits, and norms considered traditionally and stereotypically masculine to an extreme (Edwards, 2020). These socially…

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