Pathologizes

There ` s a myth about sex addiction and it kind of pathologizes it and makes it a little bit more acceptable -- Well, the poor thing ` s sick. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What society pathologizes as a physiological disorder -- what we call PTSD -- is actually a manifestation of a soldier's humanity. ❋ Leila Levinson (2011)

However, what I want to do in this post is to call attention to the obvious ways that this discourse, which pathologizes black women for being unpartnered, is completely entrenched in racialized misogyny. ❋ Anxious Black Woman (2008)

The way Brain marginalizes and pathologizes the concerns of X-Man are an indictment of the way psychology can privilege the standards of WASP society above those of other cultures. ❋ Karen Burnham (2007)

It also pathologizes and dehumanizes people and sexuality. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Soul pathologizes: "it gets us into trouble," as Moore writes, "it interferes with the smooth running of life, it obstructs attempts to understand, and it seems to make relationships impossible." ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2005)

The International Foundation for Gender Education, meanwhile, put up an online petition lobbying for the removal of transvestic disorder, which they argue stigmatizes cross-dressing and pathologizes variant gender expression. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to Klein, if we label these behaviors as addiction, it pathologizes human sexuality, which lacks a one-size-fits-all model, and waters down the weight of all addictions, he says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His plan pathologizes the reproductive capabilities of Black and poor women by proposing legislation to exploit the economic vulnerability of those who are socially stereotyped as burdens on the state. ❋ Unknown (2009)