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A bad bone structure was seen as a threat to soyciety. | A bad bone structure was seen as a threat to soyciety. | ||
Dehumanization of Sub-5s | ==Dehumanization of Sub-5s== | ||
These laws did more than exclude people. They dehumanized them. The unattractive were treated as a visual nuisance, not as people with lives and feelings. Some were forced to wear badges identifying themselves as “unsightly.” Many were ridiculed, shunned, and made invisible. | These laws did more than exclude people. They dehumanized them. The unattractive were treated as a visual nuisance, not as people with lives and feelings. Some were forced to wear badges identifying themselves as “unsightly.” Many were ridiculed, shunned, and made invisible. | ||
Society didn’t see them as unlucky. It saw them as offensive. This led to chronic isolation, untreated mental illness, and a learned belief that they were less than human. | Society didn’t see them as unlucky. It saw them as offensive. This led to chronic isolation, untreated mental illness, and a learned belief that they were less than human. | ||