Word: stigmas
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...stigma of unemployment involves more than just a lowered income. Employment is now the talisman of modern man. In societies from ancient Greece to the aristocracy of 18th century Britain, work was left to a lower class. In contemporary society, labor is considered more a blessing than a burden, and something that can give meaning to life. In casual conversation, the first two questions asked of someone are usually,"What's your name?" and "What...
...their objectives is to eliminate the stigma of herpes, often more painful than the illness. It affects performance on the job, disrupts personal relationships and in not a few cases has resulted in cancellations of weddings when one of the partners is told the other has herpes. It also makes the victim something of a pariah. After being told by a doctor that he had herpes, Ray, 29, a reading instructor, turned on departure to shake hands. The doctor would not extend...
...carefully disguised Lévesque's real goal: to seek independent status for Quebec. In his first province-wide campaign since becoming Liberal leader two years ago, Ryan mounted an old-fashioned electoral drive of evening rallies and door-to-door canvassing, seeming to erase the social stigma attached to French-speaking Québecois who opposed the referendum. Said Ryan after the votes were counted: "I think we have rediscovered how very much we love this country. We are proud to be Quebeckers and at the same time proud to be Canadians." Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau also campaigned...
...hostage situation were not complex enough, a new problem developed last week when a 23-year-old Tehran college girl, allegedly pregnant by a U.S. Marine hostage, was murdered by her own enraged brother. Said the brother after strangling his sister, then hanging her from an iron post: "The stigma of betrayal by a U.S. spy could only be washed away with blood...
Such gallows humor has all but disappeared now. Fears of instant contagion are gone, at least among people who know better, though the stigma surrounding leprosy remains. Boudreaux has seen the changes, kept record of them in his magazine, and done what he can to remove the stigma...