Posts Tagged ‘social stigma’

A new study of weight stigma before, during, and after pregnancy reminds us it is at once both a social and a personal problem. It comes at a woman from media, the workplace, and from family. But then she internalizes it and it leaves her “feeling fat” and less worthy of respect. Obesity medicine physician […]

The impulse to do it yourself is strong – even in healthcare. Self-care can be essential for good health, but because it has its limits, it can easily feed into self-shame. In an essay for the New York Times, pediatrician Aaron Carroll shares his own experience with this: “Despite all the advances in science, we […]

The economy of shame and pride is at work in human cultures everywhere. Public shaming can take aim at whole countries and companies or at random individuals. In The Shame Machine, Cathy O’Neil describes shame as the foundation for an industry that can destroy people: “Humiliation lingers in the mind, the heart, the veins, the […]