Public humiliation

Public Humiliation as Punishment: Psychological and Social Impacts In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character ensures public shaming as punishment for adultery. In the modern world, judges use public humiliation as a form of criminal punishment. Judges should never sentence offenders to public shaming as a type of disciplinary action. Courts should never use public shaming as punishment due to the psychological effects it has on criminals forced to participate. These acts of humiliation become traumatic psychological events, and significantly alter a person 's psyche. The act of public humiliation causes the person to “become withdrawn, depressed, or even angry” (Ziel 511), rather than rehabilitating said criminal…

The public expresses a great deal of concern with image and adjusts public punishment to reflect their concern over image because the public wants to seem kind and benevolent to impress others, instead of expressing kindness. Sometimes one brands themselves with a mark, either physical or mental, to prevent his or her mistakes from showing, but in the process he or she also prevents them self from discovering redemption. Dimmesdale hides his own shame with through his guilt, while the public…

Ghyslain Raza is a teen that went source of public humiliation the bad thing about it is that all the other kids that he knowns didn’t know about his videos that he makes them and the bad thing that happen after they see the videos they posted them online and started making fun of him and talking about him. The sad thing about it is that he wanted to be famous from them videos but it just turned to them making fun of him and talking about him and that can make a person do harm to their self…

Public Shaming is one of the harshest and cruelest way of punishment. But, it is also a great way to show an individual a lesson of being embarrassed so much by the public for what the individual has committed or has done as a crime. So, that particular in the hope that shaming the individual so much will convince the person not to do the crime anymore. There are many different ways to punish an individual. But, many individuals may feel that this is the best way to punish and teach the…

She believes instead of shame punishment, they should do community services which is better for them and the community. It won’t make the people feel horrible about themselves. In Dan Kahan’s essay, he believes that shame punishment is much cheaper than incarceration and that it will be less embarrassing than community service and jail. There are many ways on finding alternatives to incarcerations for nonviolent crimes but I disagree because a person receiving shame punishment won’t help them…

Hazing is an act of hostility and aggression without the purpose of harming one, whereas bullying is an act of hostility and aggression with the purpose of harming one. Hazing and bullying are alike in many ways; they both consist of mental and/or physical abuse, public humiliation, and sometimes death. Hazing is inflicting these items on one who wants to join a group. Bullying is inflicting these items on one for the “fun” or “joy” of it, intentionally harming them. In both cases of hazing and…

learning what their strengths and weaknesses are, and making small goals. If they understand what their strengths and weaknesses are, students will know where they can improve and what to ask for help on. Student’s can also gain confidence through creative activities. Nowadays, it is hard for students to express their creativity in school when the schools face budget cuts, and essentially eliminates all “unnecessary” programs. In an essay titled “The Sanctuary of School” written by Lynda Barry,…

In a competitive world, success seems to be the only reason to exist. Society pushes people to act and look a particular way and, if not, they are an alien. Success is business suits, briefcases, the American dream. Many People fear failure because they do not want to feel humiliation, they want acceptance, and they want to leave a positive, yet memorable legacy. Sweat, embarrassment, anxiety: Humiliation is the worst feeling anyone will experience. The world is no different from High school, a…

It is supported by Aristotelian, Kantian, and Bonhoefferian ethics. Utilitarianism provides less support, but it can be argued that the avoidance of the pain of a further incident of abuse outweighs any potential for public humiliation for Beth’s family. Most importantly, this is the most selfless course of action, which supports its alignment with the will of God. It is important to note that Beth’s brother, the aggressor, provides the argument for incest as opposed to abuse. His interests are…

habitual butt of jokes; exclusion from sociability; stealing […] and beating. Bullying is typically found in schools and prisons […] (2008, 158). Bullying can be considered as joking. It actually first begins as a joke for the bully, but when it becomes a repetitive action it is called bullying. Most teenagers do not consider what they are doing as harassment or even bullying. They do not realize how dangerous the consequences of their behaviour may be. At least once every two months the media…