A master status is the status others are most likely to use to identify you.

主状态是其他人最有可能用来识别您的状态。

And as that example shows you, a master status doesn’t need to be positive or desirable.

正如该示例所示，主状态不需要是积极的或可取的。

And this can lead to what Erving Goffman called a stigma: a powerfully negative sort of master status that affects a person’s self-concept, social identity, and interactions with others.

这会导致欧文戈夫曼所说的污名化：一种强烈消极的主人地位，它会影响一个人的自我概念、社会认同以及与他人的互动。