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Removing the Stigma

This got me thinking:

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Originally posted by widgeon13
In the good old days,

Don't know if this applies today but back in the days of early military training when you were in the barracks, there were no stalls, just urinals and camodes. Everything was wide open. You quickly found out who was laid back and who was up tight about this very public activity. I think there were guys who didn't shlt for a week at least. They soon got more comfortable with the situation. (Either that or they started to suffer brown outs - that's when the **** backs up so high it blocks your vision)
Oh by the way, they all washed there hands or you would have a blanket party for them after TAPS and the NCOIC didn't give a rats a$$ what was going on because he knew the system was at work.
Social stigma has a very important purpose: It discourages "bad" behavior. Now days, with the advent of political correctness, you are not supposed to ostracize people, no matter their behavior. Here's an example. It used to be that being on welfare had a stigma. Some expensive government programs were designed to remove the stigma, now some people see no need to ever get off of welfare.
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