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Even sexual assaults are increasing — although this might reflect a reduction of social stigma in what remains a deeply conservative society, where previously the number of reported incidents was severely constrained.
The campaign's goal, says the paper, is to remove the "nerd" stigma from the computer profession.
We marvel at the prescience and lucidity of Mann, a doctor who was dedicated to treating the whole person—both the physical ills and the emotional distress attendant upon these ills, including the stigma inherited from or imposed by societies where the oppression of some fortifies the privilege of others.
This theological approach warrants valorizing or stigmatizing people as “saved” or “sinner,” “pure” or “impure,” “us” or “them,” and it strengthens the broader social stratifications within which stigma flourishes.
A social stigma is still attached to most self-help programs: Stephen "Seven Habits" Covey is the only guru who has won mainstream respectability.