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Rape remains uniquely stigmatising for the victim – in many countries rape is still treated as a stain on family honour, and some victims are even killed.
In other instances, the very nature of the communication that must be engaged in may be inevitably stigmatising for certain groups in society.
Simply invoking links between certain groups, places, or behaviours and negative connotations (such as a higher risk of contracting illness) can be stigmatising for many groups in society and therefore be responsible for a range of negative effects.
"It's reassuring for people who experience some of the emotions, but it's stigmatising for those who don't," said Konigsberg. "You may feel you're grieving incorrectly or there's something wrong with you".
Overly simple messages about complex problems may not only be ineffective but can be stigmatising for those whose behaviour they are trying to change.
Today, China's social environment is gradually becoming less stigmatising for MSM, whereby younger MSM are more active in homosexuality than older MSM.
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In adult life she has felt stigmatised for being overweight.
The Germans deserve to be praised for offering a superior package, not stigmatised for their nationality.
Forensic patients are often stigmatised, for both their mental health issues and offender status.
Mikki Nicholson, 36, told a psychiatric nurse that she "felt stigmatised" for being transgender and was being taunted in the street.
The resentment goes something like: we Latinos and African Americans from the 'hood were stigmatised for marijuana use, disdained and disproportionately prosecuted in the war on drugs.
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