According to Sociologist Erving Goffman, the Very Anticipation of Contact

According to sociologist Erving Goffman, the very anticipation of contact can cause the "normals" and the stigmatized to try to avoid one another. This is because the two parties

A) wish to resist the social pressures pushing them to interact with one another.
B) wish to avoid discomfort, rejection, and suspicions they encounter from people in the other group.
C) believe they cannot form a relationship that matches the "ideal" kind of relationship portrayed in the media.
D) have experienced negative reactions from everyone they have encountered in the other group.