The Importance Of Public Shaming

Shame punishment should not be encouraged in our society because it leads to poor self esteem in young people and overshadows true justice. Overshadowing justice: -doesn't teach discipline with laws -isn't always severe enough -doesn't always work with everyone, as some people don't care what others think Poor self esteem: makes young people feel humiliated and angry Psychologists say it isn't beneficial to self esteem of kids Creates opportunity for bullying TASK 3 Nathaniel Hawthorne About Hawthorne: 1. Where was Hawthorne born?

In “The Problem with Public Shaming,” an essay that first appeared in the Nation, Stryker argues against the form of public shaming promoted by online networks and how people have figured out a way to deal with crimes but not with social media. Stryker introduced the essay’s subject matter through social media examples, while reflecting on past experiences and stating important details that reinforce the subject of public shaming as well as “dox” and discusses this term throughout the essay. Stryker helps define the term “dox” by listing the common traits and information “doxxers” try to gather, which include—name, phone number, address, social security and financial

As terrible as public humiliation may sound, the twenty-first century has manifested public shame to be a symbol of status. The theory is that there is no such thing as bad attention, the more people talk, the more recognition that person receives. The whole culture is centered around the people with the most attention, good or bad. As a result, many celebrities rely on exploitation in order to attract the attention of the public, for example Kim Kardashian’s leaked sex tape with famous rapper, Ray J, led to her ultimate rise in social status (Massey). This whole idea of benefiting from shame parallels to the Puritan ideals expressed in The Scarlet Letter.

The purpose of this essay is to examine the strengths and weaknesses of Braithwaite’s reintegrative shaming theory. This will be accomplished by providing a description of the theory before examining the literature surrounding its strengths and weaknesses. The strengths of the theory surround its novel concepts, utility amongst academics and its policy implications. On the contrary, the weaknesses of the theory surround its limited empirical evidence, its ambiguous terminology and its impracticability towards certain offences and certain offenders.

It’s common to argue that a perpetrator “deserves” to be shamed, but in fact human psychology doesn’t work this way. Many pedophiles, for instance, recognize that that they are inexorably—even biologically—bound to impulses that they themselves loathe. Does the shaming—through public registries for example—cause the pedophile to reform? Unlikely. Does it deter others from engaging in pedophilic acts, or does it drive them to darker corners and sneakier tactics?

In her article, “Condemn the Crime, Not the Person,” June Tangney argues that shaming causes more harm than good. She focuses on alternatives to traditional sentences instead of shaming and incarceration. As a more recent trend, officials are using shaming sentences more and more. Tangney states that it is important to know the distinction between shame and guilt. Tangney states, that research has shown feeling of guilt “involve a sense of tension and regret over the bad thing done.” Guilt makes people feel bad. It makes them want to change their behavior whereas shame does not motivate people to feel better and they are less likely to stop their wrong behavior (577). She also states that scientific evidence suggested publicly shaming a person makes a problem instead of creating a constructive change in them and individuals may hide and escape the shameful feelings and try to blame others (577). In conclusion, Tangney suggest community service as a sentence for offenders to pay their debt to society for their wrongdoing, been linked to the crime they did. Her tone is informative and innovative and keeps the reader interested while reading. However, this article displays weakness in term of the evidence the author presents, it is one sided and does not provide evidence her suggestion for community service as a sentence option works. Therefore, it fails to persuade the reader.

Society puts pressure on citizens to conform to their standards of what is normal, however, when one obeys the toxicness that is expected, they lose their individualism and change who they truly are. It is not any different in Hester Prynne’s situation in the historical fiction novel, The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne writes of an adulteress, who is forced to wear the letter “A” upon her chest to represent her sin, and her daughter, a constant reminder of what she has done. Although a puritan community demands a society to conform, Hester Prynne continues doing what is not expected and living her individual life even after being forced to hold a symbol of shame, ultimately illustrating the importance of being a nonconformist.

Most people believe that public humiliation is cruel and unusual punishment, yet it seems to be the only thing working. Doxxing is when you take someone's personal info -info such as social security numbers or address- and post it for the world to see. Some people still see doxxing as ineffective and just flat out wrong as discussed Cole Stryker in “The Problem with Public Shaming” written in The Nation, Stryker notions that public shaming doesn't work and that people need to talk about its effects on people all around the world. Stryker discusses how doxxing and Scarlet Letters are one in the same and are equally bad to do, he even “And when it slithers its tentacles in a person’s life, we become desperate for some way to fight back—to

A person makes a mistake. They get shamed publicly. It changes his or her whole life and reputation. Public shaming is the act of mocking someone for committing a sin or doing something wrong, but now people shame others online with no motive behind it as an act of hate or disagreement. The impact of getting shamed publicly is very harsh and negative. The three sources related to this topic are The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Price of Shame” by Monica Lewinsky, and “Is the internet a mob without consequence?” by Nick Bilton. Public Shaming has been around since ancient times, from actually being stoned to being “stoned” socially, professionally, and personally.

One of the main reasons why public shame is not an effective punishment is because it is a cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "cruel and unusual punishments [shall not be] inflicted.” The verdict of public shame is not morally just and should not be accepted in society. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne undergoes public torment for having a baby with a man other than her husband. She feels the shame of the punishment most when forced to walk through the square, under the scrutiny and torment of the town: “In a moment, however, wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm, and, with a burning blush, and yet a haughty smile, and a glance that would not be abashed, looked around at her

The culture of societal shame is a very powerful force. And you don't just shame yourself. You shame your family, your friends, your community, and your business colleagues.

Public shaming is a highly debated and broad topic. First what is public shaming? “Public shaming(humiliation) is the dishonoring showcase of a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place. It was regularly used as a form of punishment in former times, and is still practiced by different means in the modern era(Wikipedia).” Public shaming is usually used as the primary form of punishment. It can destroy someones life within hours with the use of social media. “Once embarrassing information about a person is online, it’s never going to go away.(Stryker)” Public shaming is a brutal form of punishment and has a strong argument that it should no longer be used because of the repercussions it could have on ones life,

Public shame directly leads to dire consequences for the person being shamed. In the article “Is the Internet a Mob Without Consequence?”, Ms. Sacco who put up a negatively received tweet was fired from her job after all the backlash came out over it. The article states “Within hours, people threatened rape, shoot, kill and torture her. The mob found her Facebook and Instagram accounts and began threatening the same perils on photos she had posted of friends and family,” (Bilton 5). Even though she had made a mistake and tweeted something bad, she was the one who lost her job when the people who humiliated and threatened her get to keep theirs. These people were just as wrong, but did not nearly receive

Of course, shaming should be part of society due to the fact that it brings order and control among the people. Shaming controls people who perform unacceptable behavior that can cause great damage. It is extremely critical for any society to be in order since it brings peace and balance. But, in order for that to happen society must shame people who violate or break moral and social norms that are highly valued. According to Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School stated that, “Shaming is a form of social control... Shaming has always been extraordinarily important—often... shaming was a major source of public order”(sec. 2). Controlling individuals with shame is the

have expanded to the entire world. Over time public shaming has changed for the worse; it used