Quotes about Stigma

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma. Votes: 6

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness. Votes: 6

Stigma is a process by which the reaction of others spoils normal identity. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. Votes: 6

HIV AIDS is a disease with stigma. And we have learned with experience, not just with HIV AIDS but with other diseases, countries for many reasons are sometimes hesitant to admit they have a problem. Votes: 6

Stigma hurts. Because of AIDS, children are bullied, isolated and shut out of school. They are missing out on education. They are missing out on medicines. Children are missing your love, care and protection. Join me. And become a stigma buster. UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS Votes: 6

You know, for most of its life bluegrass has had this stigma of being all straw hats and hay bales and not necessarily the most sophisticated form of music. Yet you can't help responding to its honesty. It's music that finds its way deep into your soul because it's strings vibrating against wood and nothing else. Votes: 6

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all. Votes: 4

There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one. Votes: 4

By telling my own story, I hope to help remove the stigma. It never should be something to hide. Votes: 4

Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful. Votes: 4

Regardless of what other stigmas may be involved, I think we have to do this because the world of medicine is trying to do the exact same thing and figure it out and they're coming to some conclusions. Votes: 4

It's just so bizarre how in this world if you have asthma, you take asthma medication. If you have diabetes, you take diabetes medication. But as soon as you have to take medicine for your mind, it's such a stigma behind it. Votes: 4

Here's the thing. We do a movie with a predominantly black cast, and it's put in a category of being a black film. When other movies are done with a predominantly white cast, we don't call them a white film. I'm trying to remove the stigma off things they call black films. Votes: 4

Children who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS are not only just as deserving of an education as any other children, but they may need that education even more. Being part of a school environment will prepare them for the future, while helping to remove the stigma and discrimination unfortunately associated with AIDS. Votes: 4

Given the reality of unintended parenthood and parental unhappiness, one would think that women and men who make the decision not to have children - who are deliberate and thoughtful about the choice to bring another person into the world - would be seen as less selfish than those who unthinkingly have children. Yet the stigma remains. Votes: 4

I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous undertaking in countries where there is still considerable stigma about the disease. They got tested to ensure that their unborn babies would have a chance of life by being born free of the virus. Votes: 4

I spent the past week here in India getting a sense of the reality of HIV and AIDS in people's lives. Fathers and mothers are dying, leaving children with no support. Stigma and discrimination is ruining the family lives. There is an urgent need for education, information, and increased awareness of HIV and AIDS. The response needs to be now. We cannot afford to become fatigued. Votes: 4

Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who had a fear of infecting others, who was terrified he would pass on his condition to his son. And it was a way of examining prejudice, unwarranted prejudice towards a group of people. And also, examining why people might become embittered when they're treated that unfairly. Votes: 4

Stigma against mental illness is a scourge with many faces, and the medical community wears a number of those faces. Votes: 3

AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma. Votes: 2

Though my parents assured me over and over again that I wasn't stupid or slow, I sensed that my dyslexia was now a stigma on all of us. Votes: 2

The problem with the stigma around mental health is really about the stories that we tell ourselves as a society. What is normal? That's just a story that we tell ourselves. Votes: 2

Within psychology and neuroscience, some new and rigorous experimental paradigms for studying consciousness have helped it begin to overcome the stigma that has been attached to the topic for most of this century. Votes: 2

Some people say I'm unique, that there aren't other people with schizophrenia like me. Well, there are people like me out there, but the stigma is so great that they don't come forward. Votes: 2

Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public. Nobody wants the stigma of being thought poor. Votes: 2

I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't see any stigma attached to it. We don't need a man to prove our identity anymore. Votes: 2

Mental illness is the last frontier. The gay thing is part of everyday life now on a show like 'Modern Family,' but mental illness is still full of stigma. Maybe it is time for that to change. Votes: 2

For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going. Votes: 2

There is a social stigma attached to ambulance services, mostly because ambulances in India are often used as hearses for carrying the dead rather than transporting patients. We made presentations to graduating students at various healthcare institutes, trying to debunk this myth. Votes: 2

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. Votes: 2

Along with my passion for horse breeding, I was a horse racing enthusiast... In 1974 I was elected as a committee member and subsequently as a steward of the Turf Club. I had a burning desire to clean up the sport, which had always carried the stigma of gambling and manipulation. Votes: 2

Epilepsy is a disease in the shadows. Patients are often reluctant to admit their condition - even to close family, friends or co-workers - because there's still a great deal of stigma and mystery surrounding the disease that plagued such historical figures as Julius Caesar, Edgar Allan Poe and Lewis Carroll. Votes: 2

I think with the success of, like, every summer there has been a couple R-rated comedies that have done so well; I think it is so nice to see that people are turning out to see these movies, and it doesn't seem to be as big a stigma with the studios anymore. Votes: 2

You never hear about a pit bull doing anything good in the media. And they have a stigma to them... and, in many ways, pit bulls are like young African-American males. Whenever you see us in the news, it's for getting shot and killed or shooting and killing somebody - for being a stereotype. Votes: 2

I spoke so much about being a manic-depressive. I want to bring everyone back to my earliest memories of this companion of mine. Some people call this companion I have an ailment, or worse a terrible nightmare from which some people cannot awaken. I know that I have nothing to be ashamed of. I have nothing that should garner a stigma. Votes: 2

I'm not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it's completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don't have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it. Votes: 2

Every teenager deals in his or her own sexuality and has to face it and figure out how it can coincide with the rest of their lives in a healthy manner. And try to navigate it in our modern society, which is wrought with stigma and taboo and repression, and sort of as a result, these inner monsters that some teenagers really struggle with. Votes: 2

Overcome the stigma of self-marketing. Votes: 0

The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over. Votes: 0

Generally, the greater the stigma or revulsion, the better the bargain. Votes: 0

One thing a leader does is to remove the stigma of mistakes. Votes: 0

The stigma of oddness is the price a myopic world always exacts of genius. Votes: 0

Step by step, we will break this cycle of silence, poor information and stigma. Votes: 0

I'm trying to work on my modelling career and remove myself from the whole FHM stigma. Votes: 0

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time. Votes: 0

When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma. Votes: 0

I think there's a certain stigma that comes with being a white rapper and having a show. Votes: 0

Do we really want a society in which the stigma of going on the dole has been erased? Votes: 0

I think the stigma attached to mental illness will disappear just like it did for cancer years ago. Votes: 0

The stigma of self-inflicted death is for some people a hateful blot that demands erasure at all costs. Votes: 0

What real job—what political world—would want Spencer Pratt, with the stigma I've attached to my name? Votes: 0

Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out. Votes: 0

While there may have once been a stigma to making money, high-earning women actually have an advantage in the dating-and-marriage market. Votes: 0

I think theres a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling. Votes: 0

To be gay and out of shape is almost as much of a stigma as just being gay used to be. Votes: 0

A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity. Votes: 0

I don't have any stigma attached to my body. When I'm in my own private space, I have very little on. Votes: 0

The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression. Votes: 0

I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good. Votes: 0

Knowing your HIV status is such an easy thing to do, but again, we've created this stigma around even going to get tested. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Women should feel happy with their bodies and not live with the stigma that comes from not looking like models in fashion magazines. Votes: 0

In Hollywood, there really is a stigma against wrestling. I think that's why people think wrestlers are Neanderthals who can't string two words together. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I had basically the same stigma that Bo Derek did -- being created by a Svengali -- which took me a long time to overcome. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I don't like the stigma that comes with being called a poet . . . So I call what I'm doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue. Votes: 0

Like the Bond girl, there's a stigma attached to being a 'Dhoom' girl. You have to look pretty good, and people are going to judge you. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

There's always a stigma attached to the word ‘ambition' and women. I've embraced it. Ambition is NOT a four-letter word and women have to embrace that. Votes: 0

Hopefully I never get hit with that stigma of being a novelty act. Since [my father] death in 1998 I've been doing a program called Sinatra Sings Sinatra. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The magnitude of discrimination and stigma faced by people with disability in Australia cannot be underestimated. People do not understand disability, and people fear what they don't understand. Votes: 0

Not only is it not remarkable to be a single woman, there's no stigma attached. You see more and more women choosing to be single as well as happenstance. Votes: 0

Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they can't touch me. Votes: 0

...the issue becomes not whether a person has experience with a stigma of his own, because he has, but rather how many varieties he has had his own experience with. Votes: 0

There's that stigma about New Yorkers, how they're so mean, but in my experience it was quite the opposite. People were very genuine and very nice, even on the subway. Votes: 0

There isa stigma associated with incontinence, so many people never mention it to their doctors or seek treatment. In reality, fecal incontinence is a very common and often very treatable condition. Votes: 0

For women raised in the '70s, high heels can still carry a stigma; they're associated with being stupid, with just wanting to please a man. Other women find them empowering. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a way to regroup and come back again. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Attitudes to mental health are slowly changing, there's less stigma among healthcare workers and a greater commitment to provide mental health treatment when doctors and nurses can see people do get better. Votes: 0

I started really young, like 12 or 13, and then I started doing school plays. We had a really good drama department, so the kind of drama-geek stigma wasn't really there in my high school. Votes: 0

There's a stigma that guys hate romance and hate love, but that's not true. Look at 'Iron Man.' There's a whole through-line plot about his relationship with Pepper, and everybody loves it. Votes: 0

The stigma of the prostitute is the badge of her identity. That is why the client goes to her. If he wanted someone without a stigma, he'd go and screw the lady next door. Votes: 0

Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature: they had removed the stigma, for the most part, from the word novel. Votes: 0

Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact. Votes: 0

I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism. Votes: 0

Drugs, gambling, and prostitution are the Big Three underground 'moneymakers' in consensual crime. There would be, however, significant boosts to the economy if the stigma attached to the other consensual crimes were eliminated through legalization. Votes: 0