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Erving Goffman

“The more there is about the individual that deviates in an undesirable direction from what might have been expected to be true of him, the more he is obliged to volunteer information about himself, even though the cost to him of candor may have increased proportionally.”

Erving Goffman, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman
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