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    Generalized blame norms, once institutionally embedded, r... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Stigmatization as a public health policy risks encouraging a broader culture of victim-blaming.

    Generalized blame norms, once institutionally embedded, resist domain-specific containment and propagate a culture of victim-blaming beyond their original targets.

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    • 1.Blame norms that succeed institutionally (courts, workplaces, media) acquire legitimacy that extends their logic beyond original contexts.
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    • 2.Once normalized, blame frameworks create cognitive templates that individuals apply analogically to new domains without deliberate choice.
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    • 3.Institutional incentives reward blame expansion: legal precedent, media narratives, and organizational policies all benefit from broader application.
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    • 1.Domain-specific norms often have built-in limiting principles that prevent wholesale migration (e.g., legal blame requires mens rea in most contexts).
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    • 2.Victim-blaming cultures predate modern institutionalization; generalized blame norms may reflect rather than cause pre-existing social attitudes.
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    • 3.Empirical evidence shows institutions successfully contain blame frameworks (workplace safety standards don't collapse into victim-blaming outside work).
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