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). Groups may have one identity in the eyes of the world and a somewhat different identity in the eyes of the membership (Breakwell, 1983). This paper discusses the notion that minority groups within minority groups find social group identity difficult, in relation to in-group/out-group fo....

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