1/People who feel shame believe one’s self is inherently wrong. Which might explain why those who most need to feel the emotion never do, discovers scientist-writer @reluctantlyjoe in this courageous essay. damemagazine.com/2022/05/31/doe…
2/ @reluctantlyjoe, an activist and the author of VIROLOGY, sees shame as a useless political tool. Last May, he wrote, "Right-wing movements do not feel shame, by my definition of the word, and no amount of shaming can stop them." damemagazine.com/2022/05/31/doe…
3/"If we define shame as a negative emotion connected to a deeply held identity in society, then shame, by definition harms marginalized people, like women (bad if sexual) and queer people (bad regardless)." damemagazine.com/2022/05/31/doe…
4/ "Shame," says @reluctantlyjoe, one of the #TIME100NEXT of 2022, "can only do harm. Its harm disproportionally affects women and queers. Fascists don’t debate. They recruit. Nazis and otherwise fascists feel no shame. Queers do." damemagazine.com/2022/05/31/doe…
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