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'''[[Wikipedia:Social degeneration|Degeneracy]]''' is a term used in varying contexts, but most often a modern American religious/right-wing/conservative one. It refers to the promotion of acts deemed (within such framework) to be dirty, impure, and early evidence of [[Wikipedia:Societal collapse|civilizational failure]]. It was previously used by Nazis, for example, in reference to abstract or Jewish Art,<ref>[https://www.openculture.com/2013/11/nazis-degenerate-art-exhibition-of-1937.html Nazi's Degenerate Art Exhibition | '''[[Wikipedia:Social degeneration|Degeneracy]]''' is a term used in varying contexts, but most often a modern American religious/right-wing/conservative one. It refers to the promotion of acts deemed (within such framework) to be dirty, impure, and early evidence of [[Wikipedia:Societal collapse|civilizational failure]]. It was previously used by Nazis, for example, in reference to abstract or Jewish Art,<ref>[https://www.openculture.com/2013/11/nazis-degenerate-art-exhibition-of-1937.html Nazi's Degenerate Art Exhibition]</ref><ref>[https://sci-hub.se/10.2307/777328 Goggin, M.-M. (1991). “Decent” vs. “Degenerate” Art: The National Socialist Case. Art Journal, 50(4), 84. doi:10.2307/777328 ]</ref> but is now used by organizations such as [[Gays Against Groomers]] in reference to [[grooming]] concerns.<ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/xhZX6 Gettr: Gays Against Groomers]</ref> | ||
As such, the nature of this term, or at least its common usage, is highly subjective and varies according to which group is using it, whose framework or culture is being threatened by that which is labeled “degeneracy”. Thus, within a western social media context, it is typically used against groups deemed a threat to the aforementioned (American conservative) culture. This may include, but is not limited to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|L]][[Homosexuality|G]][[Rainbow Revisionism|B]][[Validity Policing|T]], [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|transgender]] people, [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]], [[paraphilia|paraphiles]], other sexual minorities and their [[Ally|allies]], or any conflation thereof, in the counter-degeneracy narrative. | As such, the nature of this term, or at least its common usage, is highly subjective and varies according to which group is using it, whose framework or culture is being threatened by that which is labeled “degeneracy”. Thus, within a western social media context, it is typically used against groups deemed a threat to the aforementioned (American conservative) culture. This may include, but is not limited to [[Historical examples of LGBT-MAP unity|L]][[Homosexuality|G]][[Rainbow Revisionism|B]][[Validity Policing|T]], [[Transgender youth and attraction to minors|transgender]] people, [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]], [[paraphilia|paraphiles]], other sexual minorities and their [[Ally|allies]], or any conflation thereof, in the counter-degeneracy narrative. | ||
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Degeneracy is a term used in varying contexts, but most often a modern American religious/right-wing/conservative one. It refers to the promotion of acts deemed (within such framework) to be dirty, impure, and early evidence of civilizational failure. It was previously used by Nazis, for example, in reference to abstract or Jewish Art,[1][2] but is now used by organizations such as Gays Against Groomers in reference to grooming concerns.[3]
As such, the nature of this term, or at least its common usage, is highly subjective and varies according to which group is using it, whose framework or culture is being threatened by that which is labeled “degeneracy”. Thus, within a western social media context, it is typically used against groups deemed a threat to the aforementioned (American conservative) culture. This may include, but is not limited to LGBT, transgender people, MAPs, paraphiles, other sexual minorities and their allies, or any conflation thereof, in the counter-degeneracy narrative.
While degeneracy has no set meaning within western laws, those whose identities may be non-normative and/or conflict with "sex" laws are often described as degenerates.