Do I Make You Uncomfortable? by Rick Chillot. Psychology Today. November 11, 2013. Complete article available in the physical, newsstand copy of the magazine. November 2013.
Chillot highlights the impact of the role of a behavioral immune system as a supplement to the body's physical immune system. This behavioral system "tends toward oversensitivity---which is why we might be more averse to practically anyone who strikes us as anomalous." The implications of this system for violence, prejudice, fear of the "other," patterns of mobility, etc are obvious and fascinating
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