Word: stigmas
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...terms with her sexual fantasies. It won Best Documentary Short in the 2008 CineKink Film Festival.For Bezreh, creating these films is part of a personal mission to come to terms with the shame she has felt about her fascination with sadomasochism and her greater mission to dispel the stigma associated with kink. Bezreh works as a life coach for people dealing with similar issues. She is also working toward a Master Degree in health communications through a joint program with Emerson and Tufts. Although Bezreh is not alone in experimenting in erotica, other Harvard students and alumni have had different...
...eHarmony, fasDate is completely free. Users can also instant message and video-chat each other, as well as create groups and blogs. Founder Andrew Lach believes that because of fasDate’s community of users, innovative software, and free price tag, it will soon break down the negative stigma surrounding online dating. “I think that in the future, rather soon, that to not use the internet to meet people will seem a little outdated,” he said...
...slavery since then. Some Baghdad-based activists put the figure in the tens of thousands, but there are no official numbers due to the nature of the business and the reluctance of victims or their families to come forward in a society where female virginity is prized and the stigma of compromised chastity can be a permanent social stain - or worse...
...result, the stigma AIDS carries today in China remains strong - and potentially dangerous. In a 2008 survey by the China AIDS Media Partnership, of the more than 6000 people surveyed, nearly 48% said they wouldn't knowingly eat with an HIV positive person. Thirty percent said HIV positive children should not be allowed to study at the same schools as uninfected children, and 40% said they would not willingly share workspace with a colleague they knew was HIV positive. The government has taken steps to improve these attitudes, including implementing an anti-discrimination law in March 2006, but perceptions like...
...Indeed, while offering other academic offerings and experiences would have been useful and fun, an unfavorable rift would have divided those who chose to take advantage of such extra options and those who decided to stay home; a negative stigma of perceived laziness would persist around those who chose to enjoy a long, stress-free break instead of opting for a J-term course. Students should not be punished (materially or psychologically) for wanting to enjoy a long break. The deans’ letter’s mere mention of using this January time as a potential means...