Word: stigmas
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...could only eradicate the stigma, the fear, the misconceptions. The social stigma, the ostracism, causes more problems than the disease itself...
...eradicate that stigma, Louis Boudreaux has worked as a journalist for 22 years. However, he has never had to worry about job discrimination, because he found fruitful employment within the confines of Carville...
Still, the stigma of a low SAT score can stay with a person all his life. In many ways, SAT scores act as a status symbol, something to show off. But their value is questionable. The debate--call it war--over testing is apparently just heating up and will probably continue for many years. It is unclear what will result from the controversy, but most likely the public will begin to scrutinize tests and their results more closely than ever before...
...social structure throughout the '60s remained rigid, with few informal activities allowing men and women to interact, Nancy L. Rosenblum '69 says. Men asked women out on dates, and it was a stigma not to go out on a Saturday night. Radcliffe dorms served milk and cookies on Saturdays for the unlucky--thus advertising the shame, Rosenblum notes. A woman's social life was a matter of public record in the dorms, since all calls went through the bell's desk and interested residents constantly leafed through the sign-out ledger...
...There's no longer a stigma attached to interrupting your education to work," Ginn said yesterday, adding that 22 per cent of the Class of '79 took leaves of absence while at Harvard...