121 Quotes About Stigma

Stigmatization is terrible for our society because it breeds hatred among individuals

Stigmatization refers to the association of negative quality with all representatives of a certain group of people, although this relationship is absent or not proven

Stigma refers to a set of negative associations of a person with something shameful, disgraceful and repulsive

Stigmatization denotes the association of a group of people with a set of negative and often unfair beliefs

Some disabled people spend a significant amount of their energy on trying to come across as abled or as not that disabled.

...it really struck me that, just as people might look at me and never imagine I'd worked as a prostitute, they must look at some of those girls and see only the alienation and disaffection that hides their on fears and hurt.

We’re all just people making decisions and accepting consequences as we march toward an impending and inevitable death.

Calling it lunacy makes it easier to explain away the things we don't understand.

...some patients resist the diagnosis of a post-traumatic disorder. They may feel stigmatized by any psychiatric diagnosis or wish to deny their condition out of a sense of pride. Some people feel that acknowledging psychological harm grants a moral victory to the perpetrator, in a way that acknowledging physical harm does not.