2003
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2003.tb00820.x
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Girls Blush, Sometimes: Gender, Moral Agency, and the Problem of Shame

Abstract: Few contemporary philosophers discuss the ways in which the emotion of shame may be gendered. This paper addresses this situation, examining Gabriele Taylor's (1985 and 1995) account of genuine vs. false shame. 1 argue that, by attending to the social pressures placed on many women to conform to a certain vision of femininity, an analysis of the shame to which women may be prone shows that Taylor's account of shame remains incomplete.

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“…According to some researchers, genetic and environmental factors may explain differences in boys and girls in terms of moral emotions (Tangney and Dearing 2002); that is, both boys and girls can feel ashamed, but the type of situation explains the differences in feeling (e.g. Benetti-McQuoid and Bursik 2005;Manion 2003). These differences are linked to the different social roles attributed to boys and to girls.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to some researchers, genetic and environmental factors may explain differences in boys and girls in terms of moral emotions (Tangney and Dearing 2002); that is, both boys and girls can feel ashamed, but the type of situation explains the differences in feeling (e.g. Benetti-McQuoid and Bursik 2005;Manion 2003). These differences are linked to the different social roles attributed to boys and to girls.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Positive accounts of shame understand shame as both self‐ and community‐affirming (Aristotle et al., 1984; Aristotle NM; Calhoun, 2016; Locke, 2007; Manion, 2003; Steinbock, 2014; Tarnopolsky, 2004; Williams, 2008). On these accounts, shame draws the self into relation with community norms and traditions in a self‐improving encounter.…”
Section: Tell the Truth Shame The Devil: Shameful Subjects And Shamel...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Its most insidious impacts are often its impacts on the sense of self ( Goffman, 1963 ; Link & Phelan, 2014 ; Murray et al, 2015 ). An important impact of stigma is that it can lead to the emotion of shame, a painful negative evaluation of the global self, or the whole identity ( Manion, 2003 ).…”
Section: Understanding Stigma and Violencementioning
confidence: 99%