Shaming Sample Clauses

Shaming. Parents can be highly demanding and use shame to coerce their kids into doing what they want. They tend to think that shame will persuade kids to follow their parents' desires. Studies show that those who use shame in relationships do so to hold on to their position of authority, control, and moral superiority (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, E. 2017). “He set there a-mumbling and a-growling a minute, and then he says: “Ain’t you a sweet-scented ▇▇▇▇▇, though? A bed; and bedclothes; and a look’n’-glass; and a piece of carpet on the floor—and your own father got to sleep with the hogs in the tanyard. I never see such a son. I bet I’ll take some o’ these frills out o’ you before I’m done with you. Why, there ain’t no end to your airs—they say you’re rich. Hey?—how’s that?” (▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ 1884, p.22) According to this quotation, ▇▇▇ is embarrassing himself by saying that he only sleeps with pigs but can not wear perfume, or have spectacles, rugs, and mattresses. He views his son as being disobedient for putting up with his father's homelessness. These strategies and behaviors have a variety of negative impacts on the intended person, including disorientation, increased self-doubt, lower self-esteem, confusion, anxiety, sadness, the desire to withdraw, and even insanity. (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, E. 2017)