A Review of Literature on Microaggressions based on Gender and LGBTQ

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Suresh K., Vijeta Singh, Monika Bargujjar, Ancha, and Rakesh K. Behmani (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambhwswar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana)

Microaggressions have been researched for more than 30 years for their negative impact on members of different groups like women, people belonging to the LGBTQ community, and ethnic and racial minorities. Regularly offensive interactions such as small gestures, snubs, and little-to-no insults are known as microaggressions. Microaggressions cause physical and emotional harm to their victims while also letting marginalized groups know that members of the dominant group have biases and prejudices against them. The goal of this review is to identify microaggressions that people experience depending on their gender and LGBTQ identities, investigate their effects on people, and further knowledge of microaggressions. The experiences of microaggressions that are based on gender, race, and sexual orientation or gender identity adversely predict a poorer sense of self-worth, and microaggressions in the workplace and in educational settings are particularly damaging to self-worth. The widespread frequency of microaggressions in relationships suggests that these encounters may help people internalize stigmatizing beliefs about self.