Groups in Society Groups in society that officially make known minority viewpoints are generally widely stigmatised by the majority as social out-groups (Vaughan and Hogg, 1997). For many theorists, Social Identity (group membership) is an important source of self-esteem, they will cherish what identities they have, fiercely preserving their positive aspects of out-groups, whilst engaging in pronounced in-group/out-group differentiation (Cited in Hogg & Abram, 1988, p 74). Some of us have ‘mixed' identities, we are gay, and also we are part of another group - Maori men and women (Cherry, 1995). Gro