Word: stigmas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stigma attached to the groups primarily afflicted by AIDS -- gays, minorities and intravenous drug users -- has unfairly limited the degree of economic assistance offered. "If this disease struck only the presidents of major corporations, the effort to evade responsibility would not have been tolerated by society," says Earl Shelp, executive director of Houston's Foundation for Interfaith Research and Ministry. Additionally, society's sense of financial obligation -- not to mention its compassion -- has been diminished by a blame-the-victim syndrome. "I think that there is a tendency to discount a situation if one feels that an infected person...
...double standard to criticize Lukens for hiring a 17-year-old girl and to sympathize with Frank's call to the prostitute. It is not giving preferential treatment to gays to acknowledge that the social stigma on them can be over-powering, and lead to desperate measures...
Hinz, Phillips and Frilot not only must compete with the numerous players fighting for precious few spots, but also must battle the stigma attached to Ivy League players...
Obviously, there is no basis for stereotypes that larger women are more likely to be lesbians, or that all women athletes are large and muscular. But this characterization, and the attached stigma, still exist...
...women will not achieve our own personhood until we have the right to have an abortion without fear, stigma or discrimination," Ehrenreich said...