Stigma

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• Being Vegetarian Turns Japanese Men into Girlie Eunuchs… Or Something Like That

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 133
  That’s the gist of this ridiculous article from the Guardian from someone who, apparently, has not read a thing regarding the social construction and enforcement of gender. So, what are the “grass eaters” like? Let me count the ways (and the stereotypes): Japan’s ‘grass eaters’ turn their backs on ...
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• Combat Clips: A Selection of OEF/OIF Veteran Statistics, December 2009

  
  PTSD Combat : Winning the War Within — Authority: 103
  A look at some of this months news on returning Afghanistan and Iraq veterans. First up, from Gregg Zoroya, USA Today:About one in four soldiers admit abusing prescription drugs, most of them pain relievers, in a one-year period, according to a Pentagon health survey released Wednesday.The study, which surveyed more ...
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• Why Justin Duchscherer is a Hero

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  In a post last month , I wrote about the sad death of Robert Enke, who was a 32 year old goalkeeper on Germanys national soccer team,  who committed suicide by stepping in front of a train in Hanover, Germany.  Enke battled from serious depression for years. So great were the shame and embarrassment  of depression ...
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• Sex workers, transgenders run restaurant for HIV+ people and fight social stigma

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  By Jaipal SharmaMysore, Dec.26 (ANI): Sex workers and transgenders in Mysore city of Karnataka are running a restaurant and serve traditional south Indian food to guests as a way of raising funds for HIV positive people and fighting social stigma. Ashodaya, a small restaurant, opened in Mysore, is an enterprise run by ...
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• CBI’s role in Ruchika molestation case dubious, says lawyer

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  By Alkesh SharmaChandigarh, Dec 25 (IANS) Lawyer Pankaj Bhardwaj, who has fought Ruchika Girhotra’s molestation case free of cost for the last 13 years, says that the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) role in probing the charges against Haryana’s former top cop S.P.S. Rathore seems dubious and termed the ...
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• AA and Judaism

  
  Recovery Is Sexy.com — Authority: 439
  The fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon are of inestimable value in the recovery from alcoholism and chemical dependency. Not infrequently, there is a resistance on the part of Jews to participate on the grounds that these programs have a religious orientation that is non-Jewish. Let ...
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• Immigration is Increasing Aids in Britain, New Survey Proves

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 577
  Immigration from sub-Saharan Africa has become one of the primary drivers of the HIV/Aids pandemic, a new survey has revealed. Research conducted by post graduate student Betselot Mulugeta has revealed that immigrant men and women from the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities in the West Midlands have “serious ...
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• Memorializing in real life and real time

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Last week, a friend of a friend died by suicide. This friend of mine found out about her friends death via Twitter. "Of all places!" you may be thinking, but let me explain. My friend, Leigh, and her friend, Gideon, had connected online. Gideon had a number of "virtual" friends, people who considered him part of ...
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• Writers Block: Its the thought that counts

  
  heaven is...a beer volcano and a stripper factory — Authority: 140
  How much energy do you expend trying to find the perfect gift for someone you love? Do you enjoy the process or does it make you anxious? View 209 Answers Both. Sometimes, the perfect gift is just there and I give myself whiplash trying to stop and go back to look at it...and, other times, its a quest ...
  5 days ago

• Loving a schizophrenic

  
  The Online Citizen — Authority: 592
  Raymond Anthony Fernando I met Doris on Good Friday 1974. She was 20 years old, a young, sincere and caring woman. But three years before, she became stricken with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is perhaps the most distressing of all mental disorders. It is a complex illness that affects about 1 out of every 100 ...
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• Agnostic Front - "Victim In Pain" (1984) Lineup Reunites for 25th Anniversary Show at The Bell House

  
  BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog — Authority: 125
  Agnostic Fronts 1984 / Victim In Pain lineup is reuniting for one show at The Bell House on February 26th. This show is all ages; tickets are $15 and doors are at 8PM. Roger Miret, Vinny Stigma, Rob Kabula and Dave Jones havent played together since 1984. “ This is the CLASSIC lineup together again doing vintage ...
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• Wreck The Halls With The Street Dogs & Friends At The Paradise Rock Club

  
  OurStage Blog — Authority: 439
  December 19th marked the first show of The Street Dogs’ two-night, hometown gig at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston and the end of the band’s 5th annual “Wreck The Halls” holiday tour. With support from Roger Miret & The Disasters , Stigma and Bryan McPherson , the lineup had all the ingredients to ...
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• sunnie rose: next POZ life weekend seminar jan 23rd and 24th (2078)

  
  aids-write.org — Authority: 117
  Sunnie Rose says: January POZ Weekend Seminar - Jan 23rd and 24th! Reservation Page is now open! The Next POZ Life Seminar is Jan. 23 and 24 in the West Hollywood area. Download the PDF Flyer Registering for the  POZ Life Weekend Seminar can be easy! You can either drop us a note at  ...
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• Jimmy Carter Offers Jews An ‘Al Chet’& Asks For Forgiveness

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Former US President Jimmy Carter is asking for forgiveness of the Jewish community for forgiveness for any stigma he may have caused Israel. “…..I have the hope and a prayer that the State of Israel will flourish as a Jewish state within secure and recognized borders in peaceful co-existence with its neighbors and ...
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• Let them eat … Fruitcake!

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 134
  Fruitcake doesnt have to be a hideous monstruosity Fruitcakes have  a bad rap.  They’ve been the butt of jokes every Christmas season for decades, and are always passed over in favor of other desserts at the buffet table.  No matter what it looks like or what it contains, the fruitcake suffers from a stigma ...
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• Kaze no Stigma Volume 2 – Fire (A J!-Ent Anime DVD Review)

  
  J!-ENT entertainment news pop culture TV music DVD Blu-ray reviews fashion celebrity USA Asia UK — Authority: 152
  “Kaze no Stigma Volume 2-Fire is the second half of a fantastic action-packed series with a great cast of characters and humor. A must-see!”Image courtesy of © Takahiro Yamato/Hanamaru Nanto/FUJIMI SHORO-Stigma of the Wind Partners. All Rights Reserved.DVD TITLE: Kaze no Stigma Volume 2 – FireDURATION: 288 ...
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• Shame is a Lie

  
  Spirituality for Living — Authority: 133
  T he topic is shame. It’s a shameful topic. Full of shame and parts of shame. You can assemble your own shame by the time I’m done, I’m sure. Shame is a lie, to get directly to the point. It’s a social system designed to make people willing to be pliable, and it has been very, very successful. Most of our ...
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• Stds : the â??silentâ? Infection

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 143
  Let’s face it. Sex is a fact of life. But today’s increasing sexual liberation and tolerance have resulted in unconventional practices and encouraged sexual orientations that were once considered taboo to be accepted by quite a number of people. Without passing judgement to those individuals who prefer to ...
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• Weight Loss Diet Use Your Mind to Stop the Diet Wars

  
  I Married A Fat Bitch — Authority: 125
  If you have lived the majority of your life overweight, you’ve most likely tried countless weight loss programs, weight loss diets and a healthy dose of drugs and pills to boot. Anyone who has gone through these experiences know that the ultimate “diet killer” is your own lack of self-control and focus. When it ...
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• Copenhagen climate conference’s giant globe: A sign of things to come?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  An enormous white globe dangled in Copenhagen’s Bella Centre, the location of the world’s largest ever leaders’ summit on climate change, could be an unintended yet chilling sign of things to come. An observant attendee made it clear by scribbling on the giant model of the earth that its designers forgot to ...
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