She began by tweeting, "The term ‘obese’ is a slur because it is used to dehumanize us and harass us. It’s not because our feelings are hurt by an ‘accurate description’, it is an outdated term that ...

Some of human history’s greatest atrocities—genocide, slavery, ethnic cleanings—are rooted in our ability to dehumanize people from other social, political, or cultural groups. Whereas prior research ...

One of gym classes’ most common games is being used as a tool of “oppression,” according to a team of Canadian researchers. Dodgeball in phys-ed classes teaches students to dehumanize and harm their ...

Dodgeball is being as a means for “oppression,” according to Canadian professors. The Washington Post reports that educators from three of the country's universities believer that dodgeball in ...

This research shows that when people have power over others, or simply think about a time when they were powerful or role play being powerful, they tend to dehumanize others. A new study–actually a ...

Cards Against Humanity! If you run around in any even-slightly-geeky circles, you’ve probably heard of it. But in case you somehow haven’t: take Apples to Apples and make it terribly offensive. As in, ...

In a stinging rebuke of Jerusalem’s prosecution of its war against Hamas in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday warned Israel that it does not have “a license to dehumanize others.

Hunter Biden, the president’s controversial son who has been a magnet for scandal and GOP scrutiny, says Fox News has taken things too far and tried to “dehumanize” him over his drug addiction. “I’m ...

Humans are hardwired for empathy, which means we are prone to treat other people’s struggles with compassion and sympathy. This rule, however, doesn’t apply when the other people in question can be ...

In 2016, 17,250 people were killed in the United States. How does thinking about that make you feel—on a scale of 1 to 100, with 1 being “not at all upset” and 100 being “as upset as I could imagine ...