The Role Of Shame In Society

In addition to fat females and black queer males, there is a shame that is not contemporary but more deeply rooted in society than the unfairness based on gender, skin color, and sexual orientations—sexual harassment. The psychology of victims of sexual harassment explains the argument made by a cultural theorist, Sara Ahmed, that shame is about a “double play of concealment and exposure” (104). Shame urges people to cover themselves, but at the same time, it wants to be heard. Obese women and male black homosexuals are two groups who are already disadvantageous, so it is significantly easier for them to feel shame. However, in reality, shame exists not only among the people that are considered minorities, the low culture, or the socially deviant, but also the seemingly higher class, who are normally privileged with the advantage of the expression of their voices and values on certain issues. …show more content…
Hollywood screenwriter Harvey Weinstein and director James Toback have just been accused of sexual harassing over thirty-eight women. The former NBC Today Show host and television journalist Matt Lauer also got fired because he was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. The former Chief Justice and Senate candidate Roy Moore got accused of sexual misconduct and sexual assaults as well. The news above just came out recently and shocked the country, but people should not be surprised because such phenomena have been existing for at least decades under the shadow of masculine authority. These cases above, coming out as a chain reaction, are the living examples of abusing power over the relatively powerless and intimidating the victims with their power and