Word: stigmas
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...your idea and you execute well, you're going to make a lot of money doing something you truly love. If you're wrong, you'll gain experience for next time, and companies will actually hire you over less-experienced but more "successful" people. There used to be a stigma to business failure; now it's a badge of honor...
...little countervailing hope to all the stories of the dead and the doomed. "More than anywhere else in the world, AIDS in Africa was met with apathy," says Suzanne LeClerc-Madlala, a lecturer at the University of Natal. The consequences of the silence march on: infection soars, stigma hardens, denial hastens death, and the chasm between knowledge and behavior widens. The present disaster could be dwarfed by the woes that loom if Africa's epidemic rages on. The human losses could wreck the region's frail economies, break down civil societies and incite political instability...
Advocates agree there is an urgent need for education in the workplace concerning chronic illness. Some of the most difficult situations arise for people with HIV/AIDS, which still carries a stigma in many places. Most of the time, the needs of those with the disease are small but critical to their health. "Many of the drugs must be taken with food, and so the person needs to be eating at all times of the day, not just at lunch. Co-workers may see this and ask questions. So that person is presented with a disclosure issue when...
...That stigma bothers entrepreneurs like Reiji, who seek a more mainstream image. To that end, he employs only fresh-scrubbed college grads like Fumiya, 26, a former radio DJ, and Noa, 25, who by day works in sales for a computer company. The $1 million interior of his Roppongi club purrs sophistication. Customers pay a flat fee of $30 an hour, including free wine?unless they want to impress their host by ordering the $10,000 bottle. The floor show is more high-school talent night than Chippendales. "We want women to feel it's safe, comfortable...
CONFIDE IN PEOPLE. Forget about the stigma. A few people need to know what you're going through so they can help. For example, a recent college graduate with bipolar disorder got extensions on papers and exams through her academic dean. She also counted on close friends to check up on her when she missed a class or failed to answer her phone...