Type of discrimination or disapproval based on perceivable social characteristics that serve to distinguish a person from other members of a society

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Ten people with leprosy (with warning clappers) approach Christ the healer. Etching.

Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Woodcut.

Christ healing a man of leprosy. Woodcut, 1571, after Jost Amman.

Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Engraving.

Lazarus's sores are licked by dogs as Dives feasts. Process print, 1931, after J. Lamsveld.

Let's not talk about it.

No matter where the journey takes me : one man's quest for a leprosy-free world / Yohei Sasakawa ; translated by Rei Muroji.

It's only blood : shattering the taboo of menstruation / Anna Dahlqvist ; translated by Alice E. Olsson.

The psychosocial aspects of a deadly epidemic : what ebola has taught us about holistic healing / Judy Kuriansky, PhD, editor ; foreword by Ambassador Angelo Antonio Toriello, PhD.

Having to : the world of one parent families / E. E. Cashmore.

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Social Stigma

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Let's not talk about it.

No matter where the journey takes me : one man's quest for a leprosy-free world / Yohei Sasakawa ; translated by Rei Muroji.

It's only blood : shattering the taboo of menstruation / Anna Dahlqvist ; translated by Alice E. Olsson.

The psychosocial aspects of a deadly epidemic : what ebola has taught us about holistic healing / Judy Kuriansky, PhD, editor ; foreword by Ambassador Angelo Antonio Toriello, PhD.

Having to : the world of one parent families / E. E. Cashmore.

Social Stigma

Images from the collections

Images referencing Social Stigma

Works from the collections

Let's not talk about it.

No matter where the journey takes me : one man's quest for a leprosy-free world / Yohei Sasakawa ; translated by Rei Muroji.

It's only blood : shattering the taboo of menstruation / Anna Dahlqvist ; translated by Alice E. Olsson.

The psychosocial aspects of a deadly epidemic : what ebola has taught us about holistic healing / Judy Kuriansky, PhD, editor ; foreword by Ambassador Angelo Antonio Toriello, PhD.

Having to : the world of one parent families / E. E. Cashmore.

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