12∞ · Question 11.8.11
How is shame used to control people?
By making them afraid of exposure and rejection. Families, churches, and whole cultures have enforced conformity by threatening disgrace.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.8: The Psychology of Going Along
- In print
- Page 379
- ← 11.8.10 · Why does harm depend on silence?
- 11.8.12 → · Why is it so hard for a person, or a nation, to admit having been wrong?
- All of Part 11
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