Internalized Categorism: Difference between revisions

For other tropes relating to categorism, see [[Stereotype Reaction Gag]] and [[Stop Being Stereotypical]].

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* [[Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny]]: Internalized hatred of sexual desire, acting out in a self-destructive or abusive manner.

* [[Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality]]: Internalized fear of sexuality, preventing the character from acting out romantically and/or sexually.

 

 

* Internalized Homophobia: Gays who hate themselves and/or believe they have to have to do destructive things like having lots of unsafe sex with strangers because they have been taught that "that's how gay people are". For the non-internalized version, see [[Heteronormative Crusader]].

* Internalized Sexism: Women or men hating themselves simply for being born into a certain gender, or deny themselves everything that doesn't fit into a very narrow gender role. (This hatred is about a belief that the gender is inferior or evil or "supposed to behave" in a very limited way, not about being a [[Transsexual]] and actually desiring to be another sex.) For the non-internalized version, see [[He-Man Woman Hater]] and [[Does Not Like Men]]. See also [[Female Misogynist]].

* Internalized Paraphobia: self-hating fetishists, sadomasochists et cetera. For the non-internalized version, see [[Heteronormative Crusader]]. With the social norms being arbitrary, paraphobia can apply to mainstream heterosexuality as well: ''Any'' mainstream relationship is "deviant" when the norm is [[Lie Back and Think of England]]. For the not-so-internalized version of this kind of paraphobia, see [[Sex Is Evil and I Am Horny]].

* Normopathy: People who hate themselves for being different from others in any way, and thus hide any skills or talents that might make them stand out from the crowd. Psychologically and narratively, there's not much difference between [[Internalized Categorism]] and Normopathy, that's why it's an [[Internal Subtrope]] here. Philosophically, however, it's quite a big difference - Normopathy condemns talent and power and individuality ''as such'' rather than specific groups.

 

== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', many of the girls who become [[Magical Girl Warrior|Puella Magi]] [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|stop considering themselves as human]] {{spoiler|after learning that they have actually become a sentient [[Transformation Trinket]] controlling a [[Soulless Shell|lifeless body]]}}, becoming self-hating or suicidal.