History Main / InternalizedCategorism

* In ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'', the characters from the LadyLand Azania are proud of their freedom from male domination and see their separatist republic as an example and hope for women everywhere. They are surprised to learn that in their main adversary state, the reactionary Northern Confederation, it is women's groups who agitate most tenaciously and effectively for war against Azania, [[FemaleMisogynist viewing the very idea of an Amazonian nation as unnatural and ungodly]].

* One of Park Sheridan's defining character traits in Literature/EleanorAndPark is how he hates being Asian because he feels like it makes him emasculated and stand out from the majority white population in Omaha. He is jealous of Josh, his younger brother, because he is white-passing. At one point, he has a conversation with Eleanor about how he doesn't believe there are any attractive Asian men. He never gets over his self-hatred even at the end of the novel, and the fact that his mother assimilated herself doesn't help at all either.

* ComicBook/AmericanBornChinese: One of the major themes of the story is internalized racism and self-acceptance. Near the end of the story, [[spoiler:it is revealed that Danny is actually Gene Wang and that Chin-Kee is the Monkey King in a costume to remind him of his Chinese heritage. This symbolizes how no matter how hard Gene Wang tries to be "Danny" aka white, he will always have those stereotypes follow him.]]

** Despite growing up in a normal childhood, Hanayo Koizumi has internalized BastardAngst, stemming not just from being the result of her parents' TeenPregnancy but the fact that said pregnancy led to the end of her mother's school idol career.
** Even with the support of her parents and [[spoiler:Hanayo]], [[spoiler:Rin Hoshizora]] is plagued with internal TransTribulation, viewing herself as a "fake girl" despite the contrary. She worries that if her secret was exposed, [[spoiler:µ's reputation as a growing idol unit will be irreversible damaged]].

* In ''Fanfic/TimeToDisinfect'', Mari seems to harshly judge herself for being autistic, with a voice in the back of her head criticizing her whenever she fails to act "normal". It's strongly implied that she picked up this tendency from [[AbusiveParents her mother]].

* Normopathy: People who hate themselves for being different from others in any way, and thus hide any skills or talents that might make them stand out from the crowd. Psychologically and narratively, there's not much difference between Internalized Categorism and Normopathy, that's why it's an Administrivia/InternalSubtrope here. Philosophically, however, it's quite a big difference - Normopathy condemns talent and power and individuality ''as such'' rather than specific groups. For the non-internalized version of this, see TallPoppySyndrome.

* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', many of the girls who become [[MagicalGirlWarrior Puella Magi]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman stop considering themselves as human]] [[spoiler:after learning that they have actually become a sentient TransformationTrinket controlling a [[SoullessShell lifeless body]]]], becoming self-hating or suicidal. [[spoiler:They're closer to ghosts possessing their own bodies but their MissionControl who is the only individual they seem to communicate with would prefer they simply despair.]]
* In ''Manga/KotouraSan'', by high school age [[{{telepathy}} Har]][[BlessedWithSuck uka]] has heard enough "YouMonster" insults for being a {{telepath|y}} that she herself came to believe she is actually a monster.

* In ''Manga/ASilentVoice'', [[spoiler:Shouko]] experiences internalized [[spoiler:ableism]] as she feels that her [[spoiler:deafness]] has dragged down and hurt others and that everyone would be better off without her, eventually, causing her to be DrivenToSuicide. She's {{interrupted|Suicide}}, however. Her character arc has her learning to deal with this internalized [[spoiler:ableism]].

* This is a major part of the drama in ''Manga/{{Beastars}}''. Carnivores like Legosi view themselves as barely-restrained killing machines and envy Herbivores for their gentleness and lack of predatory urges. Herbivores like Haru and Louis, meanwhile, view themselves as inherently weak and vulnerable and often envy Carnivores for their natural physical strength.
* Tooru Mutsuki from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' is attracted to a male character but is uncomfortable with it, thinking that it makes him female. This internalized angst also has to do with his AmbiguousGenderIdentity; he's introduced as a transgender male but his identity gets muddled up as the manga goes on and he loses his sense of self. He starts referring to himself with various different pronouns as his MaskOfSanity slips.
* ''Anime/TweenyWitches'': Due to the traditionalism and eugenic racism of the witches, Lennon views his mixed heritage as what makes him worthless. He resents his mother for supposedly abandoning the family out of shame and believes that humans would reject him even though the only humans in his life (his father and half-sister) have treated him with nothing but love. His internalized racism contrasts him with the pride of the wizards in the magical tradition that the military dictatorship of the warlocks deems inferior.

* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, it is a social stigma to be a mutant. That includes anyone who develops superpowers naturally (rather than gaining them through an accident, experiment, etc.). One issue of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' had a boy hanging himself in shame of being able to create beautiful sculptures of light.
** The obscure villain Supercharger is a particularly {{anvilicious}} case: he gained his powers in an accident that killed his scientist father and subsequently concluded that all superhumans bring pain and destruction to normal people, becoming a murderous supervillain specifically to intensify the existing anti-superhuman prejudice in the Marvel Universe.

* In ''Cinderella's Sister'', Cinderella is the antagonist - perfectly sweet and kind, but it's all passive-aggressive SugaryMalice - at least in the eyes of the angsty protagonist, the "evil" stepsister. Cinderella's most heinous weapon is her ability to teach her sister about not being docile enough, not feminine enough, et cetera, causing her to suffer a massive dose of InternalizedSexism.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Bloom|Mogatrat}}'', [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Max Caulfield]] is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} trans girl]] who has a lot of insecurities, mainly around sex. At first she's convinced that no one would ever find her attractive and has given up on ever having a romantic relationship. Even after starting one, she starts worrying that her lesbian girlfriend will leave her as soon as she has a chance to be with a "real girl".
* ''Fanfic/AChokerAndAScalpel'' expands upon the childhood self-hatred Black Canary is implied to have had in ''Young Justice''. Like in canon, she went several years in complete silence after she accidentally deafened her fellow classmates using her "Canary scream". At age nine Dinah also tried to make herself mute by cutting out her vocal cords. It didn't work and she would have likely died if her mother hadn't found her.
* In the ''Azumanga Daioh'' fic ''Fanfic/ColdNights'', Yomi starts her relationship with Tomo having a lot of insecurities about her sexuality. She's afraid of being judged and teased for being lesbian.

* In the ''Fanfic/DoctorInTheUnderworld'' series, the Doctor speculates that Viktor was subject to this, as a being of Viktor’s prejudices wouldn’t have liked to be reminded that he wasn’t a pure-born vampire like Marcus even if he made every effort to hide this fact from the general populace.
* In ''Fanfic/FutureShock'' Susan Vasquez is absolutely scathing towards new hire Cameron Chase who claims to hate people with powers while having Telekinesis herself asking if being a self-hating gay person was too trendy.
** Mildly subverted when Chase explains that she doesn't actually hate the powers themselves, but the way most people with them get involved in the Superhero or villain scene with no thought given to the little people.

* Due to the FantasticRacism present in the setting and his own massive guilt complex, Izuku is constantly thinking of himself as an "alien", "monster" and something that shouldn't be on Earth in ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku''. This is in spite of the fact that he is, for all intents and purposes, not much different from 90 percent of people on the planet who also have superpowers, the only difference being that he's not from Earth.

* Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' believes she's cursed for having snow/ice powers and that must hide herself away from everyone lest she hurt them. This self-hatred was brought on by an accident her sister was involved in when they were playing as children.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': Frollo raised Quasimodo to think that "gypsies" are inherently sinful, while Quasimodo himself is one.

* In ''Film/{{Nymphomaniac}}'', Seligman suggests this as an explanation for why Joe's life has been so shitty - that she has internalized our culture's misogyny and hatred of sexuality.
* In ''Film/TheSMJudge'', Magda initially hated herself for being a masochist, ruining her own life as well as making her husband miserable. This turns around early in the movie, but the character had already wasted decades of her life when the story begins.
* ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' starts with a little Angel who tries to cut off his own wings (and maybe he did that quite often) in his desperation to be normal. Later, his father tries to help him get "cured" of having white wings to fly with. [[spoiler:Angel changes his mind at the last minute, however, and later uses his {{flight}} to save his father's life.]]

* In ''Film/HumanNature'', the protagonist has fur. She hates herself for it; shaves her entire body every morning (except her head, of course), and punishes herself by choosing a man who is utterly disgusted by female bodily hair.
* Much of the drama in ''Film/{{Secretary}}'' revolves around Edward's internal conflict. He's a sexual sadist who thinks that BDSM is dirty and immoral. This makes him very unfair to himself as well as to his submissive [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny who he blames for tempting him]]. [[spoiler:Lee eventually manage to snap him out of it.]]

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'': [[TheSmartGuy Bruce Banner]] considers the Hulk to be a monster because he's, you know, a giant green rage monster that's killed a lot of people.
** Loki was raised in an atmosphere of profound racism against Frost Giants, so finding out that he actually ''is'' one at an already incredibly stressful point in his life in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' leads to him [[GoMadFromTheRevelation cracking up]]. In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Loki shows signs of [[PsychologicalProjection projecting]] ''[[PsychologicalProjection heavily]]'' [[PsychologicalProjection onto Banner vis-a-vis the concept of embracing one's own monstrosity]]. Points for ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} detaining him in their prefab Hulk cage.
* Jefferson from the 1920 film ''Film/TheSymbolOfTheUnconquered'' is a biracial man who hates black people, his own mother included. He's ashamed of his ethnicity and [[HidingYourHeritage passes as white]].
* ''Film/TheBeliever'': It's a character study of the inner conflict a Jewish man feels when he decides to [[BoomerangBigot become a fanatical Neo-Nazi]].
* ''Film/BladeRunner2049'': Blade Runner K firmly believes that his generation of replicants Nexus-9 are as totally obedient and loyal as the advertising says. [[spoiler:It's only when he realizes that he's Deckard and Rachel's child that he begins disobeying orders. Except it turns out he wasn't their child, just another mass-produced replicant, showing that he always had the potential of free will all along.]]

* Aysel from ''Literature/MyHeartAndOtherBlackHoles'' categorizes herself as a murderer-to-be simply because her dad killed someone.
* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' franchise features several examples of half-blood death eaters who are hell-bent on destroying {{muggles}} and muggleborns. Voldemort himself is the prime example, but also Snape, who took on the name "Half-Blood Prince" to emphasize his partial magical heritage. By WordOfGod, Umbridge also falls into this category -- she is a half-blood of muggle heritage and is so ashamed of her muggle lineage that she devoted her career to destroying all hybrids.
* ''Literature/HarrisonBergeron'': Harrison's father is unwilling to cheat on his handicap bag (meant to hobble anyone stronger than average) because if he feels free cheating, everyone else might as well and then we're back in the Dark Ages with everyone competing.
* ''Literature/EndersGame'': Deals with this after Battle School. Ender hates himself for what he was--a child military genius [[spoiler:who wiped out most of an alien race]] and emphatically does not want to continue being that person. As an adult, he becomes TheAtoner, hiding his identity while traveling the galaxy and trying to create peace and understanding.
* ''Literature/TheIdiot'': Nastasya Fillipovna Barashkov was Afansy Ivanovich Totsky's mistress for a time and afterwards believed that her soul had been irrevocably corrupted by the experience. She threw herself into her role as a "bad girl" and FemmeFatale, and pursued a MasochismTango relationship with the violent Parfyon Semyonovich Rogozhin because she believed he was the sort of man she deserved. Furthermore, when Prince Myshkin (the novel's incarnation of IncorruptiblePurePureness) declared his love for Nastasya and his belief that she was actually innocent, Nastasya turned him down--partly in order to hurt him, and partly because she was afraid she would ultimately hurt him worse if they married.
* ''Literature/TheMaskedEmpire'': Michel de Chevin is a human who had an elven mother (in this setting, children of elven and non-elven parents ''always'' [[MagicGenetics fully resemble their non-elven parent]]), but due to EnslavedElves and the OneDropRule, he's ''deeply'' ashamed of his elven blood and tries to pass as fully human. To the point that he willingly joins a Chevalier "initiation ritual" of wandering into an elven {{fantastic ghetto}} at night to slaughter any elf they come across (to "test their blades") so his brothers in arms wouldn't suspect a thing, and the climax of the book involves Michel [[spoiler:forfeiting a duel that could have ended a Civil War]] to prevent Briala (an elven servant who also went through internalized racism when she was little) from publicly revealing his true heritage.
* In ''Literature/{{Masques}}'', Aralorn has a pretty severe case of this. When she and her love interest get into a dangerous situation, she tells him that he needn't worry about her, because she is not one of those useless females who just get in the way. The author's intent seems to be to emphasize that Aralorn is a StrongFemaleProtagonist, but in-universe, it comes off as internalized categorism. Or, possibly, BreakingTheFourthWall, to tell the reader that she doesn't adhere to genre conventions.
* In ''Literature/NeverLetMeGo'', perhaps the most painful aspect of the story is that the characters never overcome their social conditioning. [[spoiler:The government plans to harvest their internal organs, and they really don't want to die. They spend the story agonizing over their lives being cut short, grasping for straws as they try to find loopholes so that they'll be allowed to stay alive a little longer, and feeling guilty about taking out their angst on each other. However, none of them ever dare to admit to themselves that the system is unfair, that they actually ''deserve'' to be allowed to live. They have been given the identity of sacrificial victims, and while they hate their place in life, they fail to break free from this imposed image of who and what they are.]]
* ''Literature/TheRegenerationTrilogy'': There are several versions of this. On one hand are the [[ShellShockedVeteran soldiers]] at a psychiatric hospital who suffer from different forms of PTSD, and hate themselves for breaking down and being "in with the loonies." Then there are the gays, who have to keep their sexuality a secret because of the repressive atmosphere, all the time hearing that homosexuality is a sin and a threat to the nation.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Cersei suffers from some pretty severe internalized sexism. During her viewpoint chapters in ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', she often attributes Jaime's swordsmanship skill and Tywin's PR, political prowess, and military mind to their sex (instead of practice, intelligence, patience, and natural talent). Likewise, she blames the people's dislike on her own sex. Her logic basically amounts to "Everyone underestimates me because I'm a woman. And yes, women are generally inferior, but I'm WAY better than any of those other hussies because I'm a Lannister and the queen and could totally run rings around my father and brother if I just had a penis." [[spoiler:Ironically, when she ''does'' get the chance to prove her mettle as acting head of House Lannister and ruling queen besides, she quickly becomes the series' only important HystericalWoman. [[LadyDrunk Among]] [[SmugSnake other]] [[AbusiveParents things]].]]
* ''Literature/TiesThatBind'': Guy Baldwin has helped people to understand that BDSM does not make someone a bad person.
* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'': In one of the official collections of short stories, the hero goes through severe identity confusion and self-hatred as he discovers that he's actually a child of the ''evil'' werewolf clan, the Black Spiral Dancers. (He eventually snaps out of it and concludes that he doesn't have to be like his ancestors.)
* ''Literature/TheInfected'' has mutants, the titular Infected, and Muggles who, in the bigot code at least, are 'Clean'. Many Infected characters bitterly regret their status and the resulting discrimination, everyone who can pass as normal, does, and it is generally accepted to be better to be Clean than not, though there are hints this may change by the series end.
* In military science fiction ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'', the characters from the LadyLand Azania are proud of their freedom from male domination and see their separatist republic as an example and hope for women everywhere. They are surprised to learn that in their main adversary state, the reactionary Northern Confederation, it is women's groups who agitate most tenaciously and effectively for war against Azania, [[FemaleMisogynist viewing the very idea of an Amazonian nation as unnatural and ungodly.]]
* The titular superhumans in ''Literature/{{Exhuman}}'' are literally unstoppable for a short period after getting their powers. America's answer to this problem was a systematic indoctrination and brainwashing campaign, from school safety drills to nursery rhymes, with the aim to convince people that if they ever turn Exhuman, they should give themselves up. Those few that do become Exhuman but don't die have a lifetime of brainwashing to cope with.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Profession}}": When the IneptAptitudeTest says that George cannot [[NeuralImplanting learn by computer]], he's sent to "A Home for the Feeble-minded". George's struggle against this categorization drives the plot. Even after a year, he continues to rail against the idea that he can't learn. [[spoiler:Turns out, the whole thing is part of a SecretTest to see if George has a creative drive or if he's just a good learner. The best method their society has for finding creative talents is to insult/patronize them until they throw off the categorization and declare that they are {{Creators}}.]]

* ''Literature/IronWidow'': As terrible a NoWomansLand as Huaxia is, Zetian muses that many of the women in her life upheld its sexist systems, including her mother, who primarily cares about selling her into marriage, and her grandmother, who [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding bound her feet]] and crippled her for life. She also thinks about what it must have taken to crush those women's spirits so completely.
* ''Literature/IndustrialSocietyAndItsFuture'': Kaczynski claims modern leftism is greatly motivated by deep feelings of inferiority in many people, which come out as (for instance) a tendency toward EverythingIsRacist attitudes by minority rights activists. He claims feminists at heart doubt women's worth themselves, and this motivates much defensive attitudes from them and activism.
* In ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', Polly notes at one point that, while Borogravian society and the Nugganite religion are both deeply sexist, nobody enforces this more strongly than the older women, who go so far as to ''make up'' restrictions that even Nuggan hasn't thought of.

* Chamille of ''Literature/AlderaminOnTheSky'' is third princess of the Katvarna Empire. She was sent to a hostile nation as a political hostage for several years, where she was subjected to psychological abuse that has left her with severe issues, most notably her intense ''hatred'' of the imperial bloodline. This hatred extends to herself and she has at times tried to bleed out her "tainted blood".

* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark sometimes has a mild case of this, being an alien and with all the other Kryptonians he's met so far having turned out to be evil psychopaths. Chloe comforts him and says he could be the only decent one out of his people.
* In the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "In Heat", the [=UnSub=] was a gay man motivated by the abuse his HeteronormativeCrusader father subjected him to. He became convinced that he was "dirty," and began killing gay men and stealing their identities to escape his own.

* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Spock has a major problem with his half-human ancestry such that he feels ashamed even experiencing feelings like friendship.
** Internalized sexism, and a desire to escape it by any means, is at least part of Janice Lester's motive in "Turnabout Intruder." Even more so in hindsight: as female [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise captains]] (and [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery admirals]]!) now canonically existed prior to the time frame of the episode, one interpretation is that she self-sabotaged her career in the assumption she couldn't succeed.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode ''Cardassians'', the main characters, acting on CondescendingCompassion, [[StrawAffiliation decide Rugal's identity for him against his will]], and then insist that he's suffering from Internalized Categorism because the identity they have chosen for him [[spoiler:and eventually condemned him to, by giving him away to the stranger Ben decided deserved him the most - by virtue of being his biological father and the victim of a political conspiracy]] is one he hates.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Episodes "Faces", "Barge of the Dead" and "Lineage" imply that B'Elanna Torres loathes her Klingon side, blaming it for much that goes wrong in her life. She becomes more accepting by the end of "Prophecy", when she meets a Klingon who coaxes her into exploring her culture again.
** "Lineage" actually explains the root of this; B'Elanna's father abandoned her and her mother because he couldn't handle living with two Klingons. Though B'Elanna doesn't fully come to accept her heritage until "Prophecy", finding out that Tom doesn't see her Klingon side as a burden seems to be what lays the foundation.
--->'''B'Elanna:''' Think about how hard it is to live with one Klingon. Pretty soon it'll be two.\\

*** This is followed by a scene of B'Elanna once again looking at the image of her baby, finally seeming unbothered by the Klingon features she sees.
* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': The culprit in "Future Imperfect" [[spoiler:the fiancé of a judge's daughter]] believes wholeheartedly in eugenics and the eugenics movement. During the last interrogation, Murdoch confronts the man with the information on how his own family tree is full of criminal types, how the victim discovered this information, and how it might [[spoiler:or might not]] have ended his engagement. The man says he isn't worthy of his fiancée, confesses his guilt, and wants to be hanged, saying, "Put an end to my mongrel blood."
* ''Series/TheOrville'': In "All the World is a Birthday Party", one of the Rogerians imprisoned for being born to an astrological sign with supposed criminal tendencies is insistent that their imprisonment was necessary, that people such as him really ''do'' have such bad traits.
* ''{{Series/Vida}}'': Vidalia had kicked out Emma twice over her attraction to women. However, once it's been revealed that Vidalia herself liked women (even later marrying one) Emma angrily concludes this about her. The sisters are accused of being self-hating by other Latine people who dislike them changing the bar as well.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'': The focus of "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS5E20Lowdown Lowdown]]" is on very closeted gay black men. It's {{discussed}} between Fin and the other detectives. He explains that African-American culture strongly rejects being gay, hence they get married and pretend to be straight like other men. Most refuse to admit they're gay (even when admitting they have sex with men), and thus display internalized homophobia to varying degrees (in most cases passive, with one being vehement, while voicing homophobic slurs).

* ''Series/MohawkGirls'': Iostha, one of the Mohawk women most opposed to mixing with white people, admits she has a white grandmother after Anna rejects this prejudice in the series finale. She realizes the error of her ways, stating that it's messed up denying her own grandmother.

* Music/{{Radiohead}}'s [[Music/PabloHoney "Creep"]] is narrated by someone filled with self-loathing thanks to their perception of themselves as, well a creep and a weirdo, believing that they don't belong where they are. This is in turn contrasted with the verses, which show them drunkenly stalking a beautiful girl from afar.

* In ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk Episode 2'', [[spoiler:Riona breaks down crying because she regrets following her dreams to become a soprano singer after hearing Lucas's and Rachel's stories on how they dealt with racism in the entertainment industry. She believes that she can only go with the "status quo" just because she's a banshee who can't establish good connections. Thankfully, the Barista cheers her up with a Berry-Blue Hibiscus "Pie", and she overcomes her self-loathing when Lucas offers her to be his co-host for his podcast, using the platform to advocate against racism.]]

-->'''Sera:''' Lie to herself? Fair play. Only hurts her. But she made me think there was something wrong with me!
* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has one stemming from a TomatoInTheMirror scenario. [[spoiler:Paladin Danse, your potential companion from the Brotherhood of Steel, fully buys into his faction's FantasticRacism against Ghouls, Super Mutants, and [[ArtificialHuman Synths]]. Unfortunately for him, it turns out that Danse himself is a Synth, who escaped the Institute, was mind-wiped, and later joined the Brotherhood. Danse can be DrivenToSuicide from this revelation, but if you talk both him and his faction leader around, Danse can instead end up as TheExile. The whole experience changes how your actions affect his {{Relationship Value|s}} - after learning the truth about himself, he's much more conflicted regarding Synths, and likes it when you show generic support for them, while disliking any hardline stance on [[AndroidsArePeopleToo Synth personhood]], positive or negative.]]
* Xefros Tritoh of ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', despite ostensibly being part of an underground resistance movement, follows his FantasticCasteSystem to the letter, constantly describing himself as "gutterblood/rustblood/etc. trash", and apologizing for any perceived offense. Even those that ''only he'' could possibly even come close to calling offenses, such as apologizing for assuming something ''[[spoiler:while he is trapped in a pile of rubble from his destroyed house.]]'' This is probably no thanks to [[spoiler:his friend Dammek, the leader of the rebellion, who despite being Xefros' mentor figure, constantly takes his stuff and is generally implied to treat Xefros like a slave.]]
* In ''Slave Maker'', the state religion is homophobic and also holds similar prejudice against bondage. Characters who engage in lesbian sex or bondage will lose morality, thus becoming {{Depraved Homosexual}}s or proof that BondageIsBad. However, in the case of lesbianism, this effect is clearly caused by internalized homophobia, since only those who believe in the homophobic state religion are affected: Characters who follow "the old gods" or "no gods" do ''not'' lose morality over same-sex sex acts. However, both religions disapprove of bondage - making it less obvious that the morality loss from bondage is also caused by Internalized Categorism.
** Worth noting that bondage is heavily tied to being a Pony girl. This apparently is allowed, even in public, with no shame on either the slave or the slaver. But a Pony girl is socially considered an animal, with no right to speak, refuse sex (in a setting where slaves ''can'' say "No"), or wear anything but leather straps. Pony girls are used to pulling carts, and there are official riding races. So bondage is shunned on "normal" slaves but mostly allowed for slaves degraded to labor animals.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'': Hanharr has an extremely complicated relationship to being a Wookie, in order to serve as a {{foil}} to Zaalbar from the first game. As a SocialDarwinist, he despises weakness, but his species, the Wookies, have been colonized and are mass-transported off their homeworld for use as slaves. Hanharr despises himself for belonging to a 'weak' species and engages in the same behaviours as the people who are abusing them, but he also isn't able to stop believing in a lot of things Wookies treat as sacred.

* In ''VisualNovel/HatePlus'': [[spoiler:Oh Eun-a]] follows a Confucian creed that says women can only be truly happy when married to and bearing the children of a man, meaning she doesn't feel able to give a proper life to her lesbian lover Mi-seun. She becomes so obsessed with reforming society so it can protect instead that [[spoiler:she neglects Mi-seun who eventually kills herself, believing their "less valuable" relationship to be a burden and potential embarrassment for Eun-a.]]

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-->'''Equius:''' Don't you understand that you're better than me?
-->'''Equius:''' Can you please act like it?
-->'''Equius:''' That's not a command, it's just a polite request I guess.
-->'''Gamzee:''' OK, I can try, but man I don't know if I know how to be like a better motherfucker than any other motherfucker.

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* WebVideo/ZinniaJones talks about internalized homophobia in several episodes, especially [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9_xsFId_eI ''coming out'']], which is based on the concept that HeteronormativeCrusader antics are designed to ''make'' gay people hate themselves.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic is Catholic, but Catholicism is one of the many religions that he's prejudiced against.
* Literature/WhateleyUniverse: Phase's family are the FantasticRacism equivalent of the Westboro Church, and not only did his parents' reaction to his manifesting as a mutant cross the MoralEventHorizon, he himself hates that he is now a 'disgusting intersexed freak'. While he has learned to live with his fellow students at Whateley Academy, he still finds himself wallowing in self-loathing.
* ''[[{{Literature/Takotsubo}} Takotsubo: The story of a superhero]]'' is about the Chinese-American Cord Cai, who's been trying to [[StopBeingStereotypical get away from the gang life]] since high school. But then his fiance gets murdered a year after graduating and the PoliceAreUseless, so Cord goes back to the streets [[TragicVillain because he thinks that's the only way to make things fair.]] He also says that he's "not good enough for anything else," since he doesn't fit the AsianAndNerdy stereotype. The author states that Cord is [[WrongGenreSavvy a superhero who thinks he's a villain]] because he's internalized a lot of racism.
* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' has Nott, a goblin girl who hates goblins [[spoiler:and is seeking to be permanently transformed into anything but a goblin.]] [[spoiler:This ends up being a SubvertedTrope in that the reason WHY she hates goblins is because she was originally a halfling woman named Veth Brenatto who was murdered by goblins and forcibly reincarnated into one herself.]]
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* Blackarachnia on ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' absolutely ''DESPISES'' being partially organic.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Twilight Sparkle]], who ''thinks'' that her friends will hate her for using her considerably large magic stockpile like they hate [[JerkAss Trixie]]. This is especially noticeable in her determination not to use magic even when injured in a SerialEscalation fashion in ''Winter Wrap Up'' because it's expressly banned and she wants to be of some use.