Word: stigmas
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...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...
...black vinyl stigma of inferiority would, of course, vanish instantly with the purchase of the right upscale desk accessory. These days, given the vast array of choices, selecting a personal diary has become a bold and precarious act of self-definition. It is fine for Gail Sheehy in Passages to decree that "somewhere between 35 and 45 if we let ourselves, most of us will have a full-out authenticity crisis." Sure, I know it is about time for me to decide who I really am and where I fit in the cosmos. But do I really have to grapple...