Word: stigmas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...marketing manager for California Cooler. Yet another selling point is perceived . healthfulness, even though most coolers have as many calories as a similar- size can of regular soda. The beverage appeals particularly to women, who buy about 70% of all coolers sold, yet it has managed to escape the stigma of wimpiness...
...trademark style, wrote his mother a 15-page letter refuting every objection she made to his summer roommates. He says, "My attitude toward that kind of living arrangement is there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever. My parents are of the opinion that it carries some kind of stigma of immorality, but the basis of that is their upbringing, not any kind of moral standard...
Perhaps a social stigma now attaches to digital watches. People see you walking around with a bunch of numbers on your wrist and they get the idea that maybe you couldn't tell time otherwise. Never got the hang of it in school. Like reading with your finger tracing the words, guiding your eye. Who wants to be seen carrying a crutch on his wrist...
...broken homes. As Boomers married in the 1970s, the national divorce rate doubled. For the youngest age group, the divorce rate tripled in a decade. Many women--up to 10% of all female Baby Boomers--are choosing never to marry at all. Indeed, the word spinster has lost its stigma and largely vanished from the vocabulary...
Stereotyping has attached a dreadful stigma to every concentration. At a typical party you might hear: "Oh, you're an Economics major. What position do you play?" or "Irving there is a Computer Science major. He's going to make a lot of money, but he's not a real person." or "Nancy is a Gov jock. Not bad looking for a fascist, eh?" or even "Watch your wallet; Bruce there behind...