The Importance Of Public Shaming

As readers are reading The Scarlet Letter, “The Price of Public Shame”, and “Is the Internet a Mob without Consequence,” readers will notice that each reading is an element of public shaming. It affects each reading social, professional, and personal life. Public shaming has no benefits, only to the person who did it or posted it and it can destroy someone’s life terribly. Public shaming ruined and killed Tyler Clementi. He went to Rutgers University and because of a terrible choice his roommate

In Puritan times, shaming stayed within the boundaries of the town, but today the borders have expanded to the entire world. Over time public shaming has changed for the worse; it used to be just the people in the town shaming and the person feeling badly about themselves, but now the entire world can know about it, and it leads to suicide. The three sources are The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne), “The Price of Shame” (Monica Lewinsky), and “Is the Internet a Mob without Consequences” (Nick

humiliates others for insignificant moments. Whether or not one believes people should publicly shame one another is up to personal ethics but, this act of shaming our peers dates back to medieval and colonial times. the idea of public shaming has a long history, dating back at least to the stockades of colonial times” (Herbert). The purpose of these public humiliations was to put

mistakes, but is public shaming the answer to solving it? In todays’ society, punishment for people is completely different from back in the Puritan days. For example, in the novel the Scarlett Letter, Hester Prynne commits adultery, which leads her to having to wear the letter “A” on her chest, which is a form of public humiliation but in this sense, it’s not right. This is Hester Prynne’s sin that she committed that she lives with forever and it shouldn’t be any of the public business for her to

Statistics show that public humiliation is one of the most common fears. As many admit to this fear, many also grasp to this concept and shame one another for absurd conditions. In the Puritan Era, many methods were used to publicly shame someone for their wrong doing. One of their common methods was to openly tell their “sin” to the whole community. One of their extreme approaches was hanging someone. This showed the public to follow the regulations of the town and do not do anything against them

naming and shaming, a tactic that attempts to subvert notorious human rights abusers as well as coerce local state powers into acting and condemning the abuse taking place within their state or region. Initially, the tactic proved to be remarkably effective, resulting in a “global outrage” towards human rights abuse and an increased pressure on governments to challenge the abuse taking place within their borders or within their actual political institutions (Zakaria 2014). “Naming and shaming” produced

enforcement of the gender pay-gap has led to economic inequality. Additionally, a practice of sexual shaming, known as "slut-shaming", has originated within popular culture to denounce women for their sexual choices. Ultimately, The Second Sex uncovers the timeless "myth de la femme", through an analysis of the economic and social liberation of women. Through her analysis, de Beauvoir highlights the importance of reproductive freedom, economic liberation, and sexual freedom. In The

Communications and Culture 301 has taught me many valuable things that I believe will stick with me. Growing up in a non-religious family I found it very hard to learn about other cultures and beliefs beyond the dominant Western faith of Christianity and Catholicism. By taking CMCL I have been able to greatly expand my views and interpretations to several different cultures. From what I have observed this year specifically through working with my group on our final project, is a common theme of

The National Post published an article by Sadaf Ahsan titled “Kim Kardashian’s nude selfie provokes a Twitter conversation around celebrity slut-shaming”, and although it is posted under the ‘Celebrity’ category on the Post’s official website, it is interesting that the news outlet published the story to begin with. On the surface—and according to the article’s comments—stories of this nature are

vehicle for display of clothing and spectacular trappings of a wealthy teenage fantasy life”. Ducille gives a good example of body politics, and the importance of not only focusing on race. Thus, is a good example of how stereotypes are learned by how one is treated in school or at home. Education about racial identity, gender equality, and body shaming, to an extent, will help eliminate some forms of stereotyping and create a more understanding and equal society. Therefore schools are not the problem