Are these all different forms of shame?
Partly because her work describes domestic experiences – such as vivid sexual jealousy and other forms of shame – that are underexplored in fiction, Ferrante's reputation is soaring, especially among women (Zadie Smith, Mona Simpson and Jhumpa Lahiri are fans).
There are forms of shame that seem less tangible, lingering like a low-grade infection.
First, shaming people for their artistic taste is a bizarre activity, as most forms of shaming are.
For Azel, those wounds take the form of shame, self-loathing and "a massive malaise, something that hurts, like needles playing with my heart, my liver, and griping pains, like wanting to vomit".
Brown defines shame as "the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging". Empathy, Brown notes, is "the antidote to shame". When employees need your help they are likely experiencing some form of shame, even if it's just mild embarrassment — and the more serious the problem, the deeper the shame.
From his list it is clear to see that he was trying to get at a wholly different form of shame.
It was the shock of public embarrassment, a much milder form of shame, that I experienced.
In some cultures the girl is married off young to avoid her from falling in love or causing some form of shame upon the family.
If I had just stayed silent, awkwardly smiled, and looked away, I believe I would have been expressing and embracing a form of shame about my sexual orientation.
By singling out only the least or most cooperative players, attention in the form of shame or honour may be more parsimonious than full transparency and relies on social norms as reference points.
