Shame Shame is a set of unwritten rules that society uses to control people in that it creates positive behavior. The reason society needs control is to keep the peace and not have chaos erupt among everyone. There are two outcomes of shame either motivation or destruction in someone’s life. How it affects the individual is determined by which path they are going to take with their shame. Someone being shamed needs to take that shame and turn it into motivation, so they can better themselves. Once someone is motivated to be their best self, then they will be happy with who they are. Today different types of shaming happen constantly in our society such as body shaming, gender shaming, and poor shaming. The only way to overcome these is to
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Women throughout history have been unable to vote, own property, wear certain clothing, and many more privileges we have today. Gender shaming still happens today, but in different ways such as a man being more likely to get a superior job than a woman. When incidents like this happen, a woman can either let the shame destroy her, or let the shame motivate her. In the workplace men and women are stereotyped when trying to get a job. A study done by Cornell University showed that “men and women are surveyed differently” (Christine). When an employer looks to hire someone, for men the employer looks for assertiveness and for women the employer looks for self-modest. If a man or a woman does not fit this mold, then their chances of getting the job are very slim. This could lead to not having enough money to provide for themselves causing them to be financially unstable. On the other hand, women such as Susan B. Anthony decided she was not going to let the shame of being a woman in the 1800’s destroy her but instead let it motivate her. One of Susan B. Anthony’s greatest accomplishments was forming National Woman Suffrage Association, which fought for women’s equality. If she would have let the shame of being a woman bring her down she would have never accomplished an important part of U.S history. Someone who lets their shame drive their motivation is capable of great
Women throughout history have been unable to vote, own property, wear certain clothing, and many more privileges we have today. Gender shaming still happens today, but in different ways such as a man being more likely to get a superior job than a woman. When incidents like this happen, a woman can either let the shame destroy her, or let the shame motivate her. In the workplace men and women are stereotyped when trying to get a job. A study done by Cornell University showed that “men and women are surveyed differently” (Christine). When an employer looks to hire someone, for men the employer looks for assertiveness and for women the employer looks for self-modest. If a man or a woman does not fit this mold, then their chances of getting the job are very slim. This could lead to not having enough money to provide for themselves causing them to be financially unstable. On the other hand, women such as Susan B. Anthony decided she was not going to let the shame of being a woman in the 1800’s destroy her but instead let it motivate her. One of Susan B. Anthony’s greatest accomplishments was forming National Woman Suffrage Association, which fought for women’s equality. If she would have let the shame of being a woman bring her down she would have never accomplished an important part of U.S history. Someone who lets their shame drive their motivation is capable of great