Eastern Kentucky is one of America's least meritocratic enclaves, but failure still carries a stigma.
They have a stigma of only being good for content consumption and that is just not true.
Sadly, many are unfortunately being branded with a stigma because of legions that are gaming the system.
She hated traveling among schools and believed there was a stigma attached to teachers in the ATR pool.
Where once there was a stigma against indebtedness, especially to excess, this has broken down over the past century.
Going to a lower-tier school is a stigma in certain corporate law circles.
Eventually, I came to a realization: I refused to be part of a stigma and go into hiding because of embarrassment.
"The whole story was always a stigma, until 2002 when we started the event, " said Teresa Warren, one of the festival founders.
Meeting people online is more common and has less of a stigma.
In addition, a stigma remains that if you work for a nonprofit your retirement benefits, training, and a strong corporate culture will be virtually non-existent.
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She says many cases do not even get to court because there is a stigma attached to rape, and families would often discourage their daughters from complaining.
Ida Magli, an anthropologist, has come up with another reason: childlessness no longer bears a stigma, and the social pressure to marry and have children is much weaker.
For some, there is still a stigma attached to those colleagues who shun the office, with a perception that "working from home" is shorthand for "taking it easy".
STDs carry a stigma that makes surveillance and treatment difficult.
But there was a stigma attached to that so we moved down the same street to a soup kitchen, with a whole nother set of stigmas attached to that.
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There can be a stigma for remote or blended schedules, however: parents who want to be more available to their kids may opt for this, and that usually means women.
In the 2003 cases the court found nothing wrong with these databases and said, look, it's not a punishment or a stigma to have your name up on a registry.
Although legal, homosexuality still carries a stigma in India.
Willis noted that there is still a stigma against people who have had cancer, and sometimes survivors struggle with when to tell other people about their cancer history -- if at all.
The new Army guidelines of Aug. 2012 confirm that PTSD tends to be underdiagnosed and undertreated because of a stigma in the military that discourages troops from seeking help for mental health issues.
This reflects the fact that few politicians have heard of Johne's, and the industry seems unsure how much to tell them about a disease which carries a stigma even in the cattle industry.
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"The take-up of the programme has been very good and it has been administered without any suggestion of a stigma attached to those who receive it, which was a major consideration, " she said.
While pawnbrokers are working hard to dispel the industry's aura of backstreet financial shame and transform it into a modern, slick financial service, it's clear that pawn shops still carry a stigma for many.
And yet while few people would comfortably admit to such activities as fare evading - least of all police chiefs - Professor McKenna says speeding still does not carry a stigma commensurate with its deadly risks.
"There is still a stigma associated with this pastime, " says Stefaan de Keersmaeker, a 41-year-old information-technology expert from Melbourne, who founded The Older Gamers because he "got fed up with all the juvenile behavior" from younger players online.
But campaigners are worried that most of those who could be taking advantage of the scheme are failing to do so because they either feel there is a stigma attached to making a claim, or they do not even know that help exists.
Having a baby out of wedlock is a big stigma, leading to a steep rise in pregnancy terminations in recent years.
Not only is there a law against it -- but there is a such a social stigma that goes along with being gay in India that there is a reluctance to talk about the issue openly.
"People don't talk about it enough - there's a huge stigma attached to mental health, " he said.
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