Top 360 Stigma Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Today a celebrity sex video isn't a stigma that requires penance and smarm removal; it's a branding device, a platform enhancer, a show reel.
The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress.
There is no doubt that the new wave [of attacks] in Palestine will wipe off this stigma [Israel] from the face of the Islamic world.
We need to do more to raise awareness of perinatal mental health illness and address the stigma that still surrounds it in our society.
I've found nothing but support and generosity from older comics. I think comedians are a lot nicer than the stigma is, at least from my experience.
As an activist who uses storytelling to combat stigma, I have always been adamant that we tell our own stories.
My own experience of dating cis-hetero men has really been a challenge, because of the stigma they have to endure for attempting to love us.
I'm trying to work on my modelling career and remove myself from the whole FHM stigma. I want to be seen as a classic model.
I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.
To be gay and out of shape is almost as much of a stigma as just being gay used to be.
While there may have once been a stigma to making money, high-earning women actually have an advantage in the dating-and-marriage market.
The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.
The adult fiction and writing for children portions of my MFA program were kept very separate, and there was a stigma around those 'kid people.'
We did something that bands are kind of afraid of, or at least used to be, [which] is the YouTube scene. They don't want the YouTube stigma.
I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.
From the age of 12 when I decided to dance in high school, everyone was saying, 'Oh, you're a dancer,' and there was that kind of stigma about it.
Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma.
When I was suffering with depression, people weren't talking about depression. It had a stigma.
Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them.
There's a lot of stigma attached to being in a home. Other parents don't want their kids to play with you because you're naughty or nasty.
I think because we were a girl group, there was such a stigma, so we had to engage with fans - social media was such a big part of our journey.
I was really scared that I would never be able to date anyone... because there was a huge stigma against drag. But the drive was so strong to do it that I was like, 'I don't care. If that happens, I'm fine.'
Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion magazines.
For far too many people, the stigma around addiction prevents them from stepping forward for help.
There is a ceiling to it and there's a stigma. Billy Crystal as brilliant as he is, he's never going to be thought of as a contemporary like Alan Arkin.
Acting is no longer a taboo. The stigma has gone because people have realised that it's a perfectly valid career choice.
I recognise that, while I was fortunate enough to grow up without any discrimination or stigma attached at all, other people haven't been so lucky.
It's so important that we figure out a way of moving beyond the stigma that still exists around treatment for mental health.
My mom Neerja and I started this movement called Mpower. The whole idea is to break the stigma attached to mental illnesses.
Mental health treatment is most likely available to the officers, but they may be reluctant to access it due to cultural beliefs within the force, fear of stigma, etc.
Crowd work has this feeling of being very temporary and of the moment, and I think that's why it sometimes gets a bad rap or a stigma.
It used to be such a stigma, making that transition to various entertainment medias. There are a couple of actresses who have cut it quite well, and I consider myself one.
I do think there's a weird stigma where people probably think that female directors are a risk.
Despite being commonplace, too many people with mental health problems still face stigma, prejudice and discrimination.
There are proven health benefits for both babies and mothers who breastfeed, and it's unfortunate that it still carries an unfair stigma in our society.
People of color, particularly African Americans, feel the stigma more keenly. In a race-conscious society, some don't want to be perceived as having yet another deficit.
I think there's a notion in our society, and it may be valid, that people aren't as funny when they get older. It's a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth.
We bought the UFC when not only was it a bankrupt company that was going under, it had a horrible stigma attached to it. This thing was so bad it was not allowed on pay-per-view.
The stigma of being an unmarried mother was something we can't comprehend today. It was not uncommon that you'd go off somewhere to have your child, then give it up for adoption.
When I was growing up, everybody smoked, including me. When I was 14, I started. We all did it. That was just the way it was. And nowadays there's a stigma attached to it. It's a big shift.
Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces.
I am extremely passionate about animal rescue. My focused interest is in helping pit bulls and other bully breeds that have been given an unfair stigma.
The fact of the matter is that we're all aging, and there's this stigma that older actresses don't work as much as younger actresses, and I don't think that's true anymore.
I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.
I think there's a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling.
I ate cottage cheese all the time growing up, but it wasn't until I was in college that I became aware of the stigma surrounding it.
It is vital that a company's culture shows a willingness to invest in employee wellbeing with no stigma or penalty attached to prioritising good health.
There is a huge stigma around people who are online making money online.
Until women themselves reject stigma and refuse to feel shame for the way others treat them, they have no hope of achieving full human stature.
There are a lot of disadvantages with the YouTube stigma, because no one wants to be known as just a cover band. It's all about the original music.
Everyone's got issues. There's a stigma in football that you earn a certain amount of money, how dare you have issues.
I had basically the same stigma that Bo Derek did -- being created by a Svengali -- which took me a long time to overcome.
I had the benefit of there being no stigma attached to the arts. My brother's a ballet dancer, and he never came up against anything.
Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested.
I do find that it's easier to get Latino-themed movies... but I don't think there's that stigma anymore. I think that what's harder is to be a woman, not to be a Latina.
There's a stigma about being vegan. Some people say it doesn't taste great. Don't knock it until you try it!
In India, there is a huge stigma attached to one having a mental illness; this not only makes it worse for the sufferer but also for their caregivers.
I really wanted people to understand beating the stigma of, Hey suck it up,' is really important, because it's not as easy as that.
You have, you can only answer it this way: by turning it around. Can the negro - who is the victim of the system - escape the collective stigma that is placed upon all Negroes in this country?
Growing up in the '70s and '80s, science fiction and especially fantasy had such a stigma attached to them. I felt so punished and exiled for being devoted to these things.
