Word: stigmas
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...Attendees are, of course, anonymous. They introduce themselves by first name only when they address the assembly and often follow their name with the almost liturgical, "I am an alcoholic." Anonymity protects them from the social stigma of the disease, but it also serves a subtler function. A.A. succeeds in part because it insists upon self-sacrifice. Members find themselves paying attention to other sufferers. Meetings stress togetherness and constantly reinforce the principle that self-pity and guilt over alcoholism are destructive. "It's a feeling that you've finally arrived and have found a home," says one A.A. member...
Marcin Moore '78, a former polo club member and now a Quncy House tutor, said that stigma on the sport may not be as strong as in used to be. "Harvard student this social climate, polo is not looked down upon as it was in the sixties...
...worse than the mark of Cain, or even the mark of the Beast, is the stigma I carry. It gets me laughed at in class, thrown out of bars, and brings me constant shame. What...
...Constitution: that no one shall be made to feel uncomfortable or unsafe because of nonconformity. New York State, with the best intentions in the world, created a moment of gentle orthodoxy in public school life, and here and there a child was left out in the cold, bearing the stigma of being different. It is this one child that our Constitution is concerned about--his tranquility, his health, his safety, his conscience. What a kindly old document it is, and how brightly it shines, through interpretation after interpretation...
Much of the motivation for abortion arises from the social stigma attached to unmarried pregnant women, especially peer pressure-prone teenagers. If those women were treated with concern and respect instead of being regarded as sinners, perhaps they would not be nearly as willing to have abortions...