Claiming victimhood as a response in discussions about privilege and advantaged group identity
Published online on July 28, 2026
Abstract
Discourse & Society, Ahead of Print.
Privileged groups are those with greater access to power or resources in society but they may experience a moral identity threat in contemporary social contexts. One strategy to avoid this is to claim victimhood status for one’s group to accompany or ...
Privileged groups are those with greater access to power or resources in society but they may experience a moral identity threat in contemporary social contexts. One strategy to avoid this is to claim victimhood status for one’s group to accompany or ...