Word: stigmas
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...this day I still to some degree deal with the stigma that comes from "taking pictures." I have come to accept the fact that I will fall behind in the race of applying for post-graduation jobs, internships or fellowships, that I will hear comments from pretentious science or humanities people who will say something to the effect of "I can't believe this was someone's thesis" and that my parents still don't know what "Visual and Environmental Studies" really is (I told them it was like environmental science--they liked that answer...
...stigma--who wants a new Three Mile Island in his suburb...
...staff say they were perceived as outsiders with no loyalty to the department and had to suffer the stigma of replacing longtime employees...
...Within the mizushobai, Caucasian hostesses are essentially paid the most for doing the least, but this does not shield them from stigma. "Some hostesses don't consider themselves part of the mizushobai because they are not having sexual intercourse," says Mizuho Fukushima, member of the Upper House of Japan's parliament and a high-profile women's rights advocate. "But people outside consider what they are doing part of the sex industry." Before she entered government, Fukushima in 1989 helped establish a private center called Help, which has assisted more than 2,000 women - most of them Asian but including...
...physical well-being. We leave high school and expect to act and be treated like adults. We’re smart, but we often don’t know how to take care of our bodies and minds. We are sometimes hesitant to seek help because of the stigma of failure that we think it might bring...