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Word: stigmas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...true figure, paradoxically, is perhaps only half as high. Data are distorted because many of those on the dole actually hold down jobs in the clandestine "black economy." Nor are politicians unduly concerned about the 1 million youths without jobs. In Italy being jobless does not carry the same stigma as in Northern European countries steeped in the Protestant ethic. "Let's put it this way," Sociologist Ferrarotti explains. "An unemployed youth in this country is considered to be just waiting for his right chance. He is in parchéggio (in a parking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Western Europe: Unemployment Plague | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...world - was deemed so despicable that those who left were viewed as near traitors. But emigration is now so commonplace that the stigma is fading. Says Hebrew University Freshman Ayala Broide, 22: "For me, it's good in Israel, but there are those who want an easier life. If Israelis want to emigrate and live abroad, I don't see why they shouldn't." Israel's young can be more flexible than their elders on other issues, too, and are both questioning and speaking out on them. Yael Maschler, 22, a mathematics and linguistics major...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Troubled Land of Zion | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...profession, such as Karen Moe Thorton, women's swim coach at the University of California at Berkeley, point to the fact that coaching opportunities for women really only opened up with the advent of scholarships at the collegiate level less than 15 years ago. Previously, Thornton believes a certain stigma was attached to the title "female athlete" and women were often channeled into instructor positions...

Author: By Janie Smith, | Title: Riding Out the Rough Waters | 4/8/1981 | See Source »

...both may have to leave Bates because of pending cuts in the student loan program." In Denver, Bureau Chief Richard Woodbury visited a food stamp center, only to find that some people were too embarrassed to talk to him. Says he: "For many aid recipients there is a deep stigma attached to obtaining handouts." Traveling to Erie, Pa., to report on proposed CETA cuts, Correspondent Robert Geline found residents ready to make do- "but nobody could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 2, 1981 | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

Because of the stigma attached to having dark skin, a black black woman had to do many things to find a place for herself. One possibility was to attach herself to a light-skinned woman, hoping that some of the magic would rub off on her. A second was to make herself sexually available, hoping thereby to attract a mate. Third, she could resign herself to a more chaste life-style-either (for the professional woman) teaching and work in established churches or (for the uneducated woman) domestic work and zealous service in "holy and sanctified" churches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Carolina: Growing Up Black in the '40s | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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