Why Do People Overshare?
“Often, the less students know the person they are communicating with, the more willing they are to spill. And they do it bluntly, now that they are used to summarizing life in 140 characters.” (Winzenburg 388). Stephen Winzenburg dramatically emphasizes to his readers the struggles that his students go through from terminating pregnancies to child custody battles; he hears it all (387-389). Now “why?” is the real question that should be asked. Why do people share intimate details with complete strangers, but become raged when their family members express empathy? They feel that the stranger they befriend will not judge them for the conflicts they endure, so they look to them for the sense of belongingness and compassion that they so longed had needed. People, who lack attention, feel loneliness, so they attempt to fulfill that need by sharing entirely too much. Having 1000 followers on Instagram, Facebook, …show more content…
People have become more self absorbed over the years changing what would have been morally wrong behavior twenty years ago is actually morally accepted today. That is where some still have confusion on what should and should not be posted. Winzenburg states “Oversharing creates more than a few mixed feelings in the hearts of academics.”(388). That means that knowing one of his students is going through difficult times limits him on what he can and cannot ask on certain subjects. Winzenburg expresses that he might include a guiltless remark but a student that is sensitive to the subject takes it abruptly (389). That is where the sensitivity of “people’s feelings getting hurt” is put in place. College professors should not have to bound themselves to limits because a grown adult would get their feelings hurt. The grown adults should respect him enough for teaching them; instead of, challenging his beliefs on sensitive
“Often, the less students know the person they are communicating with, the more willing they are to spill. And they do it bluntly, now that they are used to summarizing life in 140 characters.” (Winzenburg 388). Stephen Winzenburg dramatically emphasizes to his readers the struggles that his students go through from terminating pregnancies to child custody battles; he hears it all (387-389). Now “why?” is the real question that should be asked. Why do people share intimate details with complete strangers, but become raged when their family members express empathy? They feel that the stranger they befriend will not judge them for the conflicts they endure, so they look to them for the sense of belongingness and compassion that they so longed had needed. People, who lack attention, feel loneliness, so they attempt to fulfill that need by sharing entirely too much. Having 1000 followers on Instagram, Facebook, …show more content…
People have become more self absorbed over the years changing what would have been morally wrong behavior twenty years ago is actually morally accepted today. That is where some still have confusion on what should and should not be posted. Winzenburg states “Oversharing creates more than a few mixed feelings in the hearts of academics.”(388). That means that knowing one of his students is going through difficult times limits him on what he can and cannot ask on certain subjects. Winzenburg expresses that he might include a guiltless remark but a student that is sensitive to the subject takes it abruptly (389). That is where the sensitivity of “people’s feelings getting hurt” is put in place. College professors should not have to bound themselves to limits because a grown adult would get their feelings hurt. The grown adults should respect him enough for teaching them; instead of, challenging his beliefs on sensitive