There could be many different social repercussions that come from public shame‚ some might be positive but most have a negative impact on the person. A clear example of a negative reproduction is in the speech by Monika Lewinsky The Price of Shame. In the twenty-two minute talk‚ Monika clearly described the negative affects of public shame and how it can affect your social lives. A very important quote that she said was " I was then swept up into the eye of a political‚ legal and media maelstrom
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In So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed‚ Jon Ronson explores different stories about public shaming and how they come about. Ronson never gives us a clear thesis on what should be done about the act of public shaming. But rather he lets us make our own inference. When reading the book‚ I saw many connections to my thesis that I choose for the research project. As a class we came up with a collection of different thesis choices that ranged in topic and scope. The one I chose was “Given the rise in accessibility
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10.1177/0190272514521220 http://spq.sagepub.com ‘‘Good Girls’’: Gender‚ Social Class‚ and Slut Discourse on Campus Elizabeth A. Armstrong1‚ Laura T. Hamilton2‚ Elizabeth M. Armstrong1‚ and J. Lotus Seeley1 Abstract Women’s participation in slut shaming is often viewed as internalized oppression: they apply disadvantageous sexual double standards established by men. This perspective grants women little agency and neglects their simultaneous location in other social structures. In this article we
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stereotype. Often reduced to sexual objects in a vain attempt to appeal to the opposite sex‚ women are also exposed to body shaming. Women‚ as shown in various advertisements and shows are depicted as the perfect epitome of beauty and elegance‚ with sparkling white teeth‚ curvy body‚ shiny bouncy hair and a smile to die for. Not only does this phenomenon culminates to body shaming and self consciousness‚ it also leads to the creation of unrealistic expectations of women in
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In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ shame and discrimination against women is a main theme that evolves throughout the novel. Growing up Mariam is always reminded by her mother that she was a harami‚ an illegitimate child. Her mother tries to hold Mariam back from progressing by reminding her of shame‚ even when she wants to attend school‚ Nana claims‚ ”They will call you a harami. They will say the most terrible things about you.”(19). Despite Mariam motivation to attend school‚ her mother
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“I don’t like pigs‚ I don’t like people‚ I don’t like people who like pigs. Cause I’m a pig‚ I’m constantly bullied just because I’m fat‚ I’m called pig‚ fatty‚ big hungus‚ and all kinds of mean names. All because I’m fat‚ I mean what’s wrong with it‚ why do I have to suffer just because I weigh a couple of extra pounds?” “I hate all my classmates‚ even the ones who don’t do anything to me‚ they are just as bad cause why would they just stand there watching me get kicked to the ground? I wish they
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- introducing Rebellion -+ -+ the new * Travis Hirschi’s Control Theory - The absence of social bonds (attachment‚ involvement‚ commiyment and belief) causes deviance. * John Braithwaite’s Shaming Theory – Disintegrative shaming causes deviance. 2.) Conflict Perspective * Conflict Theory – Law favors the rich and powerful over the poor and weak(William Chambliss). The dominant class produces crime by making laws‚ oppressing subordinate class and
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necessity to be in todays “norms” but not to put themselves out enough to be sexually assaulted. The word “slut” has oppressed women by telling them to dress a certain way‚ where to go or not go‚ who to talk to and who not to talk to. “Slut” shaming is an act of shaming a person based on how much they flaunt their sexuality. Taking the word too lightly can have awful consequences on how rape will be justified. Women who show too much skin or dress provocative are labeled as “sluts” and are tormented as
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Perhaps the foremost purpose of The Scarlet Letter is to illustrate the difference between shaming someone in public and allowing him or her to suffer the consequences of an unjust act privately. According to the legal statutes at the time and the prevailing sentiment of keeping in accordance with a strict interpretation of the Bible‚ adultery was a capital sin that required the execution of both adulterer and adulteress--or at the very least‚ severe public corporal punishment. Indeed‚ even if the
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afterwards shun and shame them. Because the only punished people were the victims‚ it created a society that bullies women into thinking they are less than those who claim they are. Consequently‚ a series of mental breakdowns ensure because of slut-shaming. These include depression‚ self-loathing‚ suicide‚ and long-term repercussions. A society’s language often persecutes a group of people. Specifically‚ the term “slut” shames women from acknowledging oneself and deliberately accuses them for being
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