Humiliation

Humiliation is the process of being made humble.

Humiliation of the self

Humiliation need not involve another person; it can be a recognition of one\'s own standing, and can be a way of casting away false pride. e.g. willingly driving an hour to work, knowing you are going to have a hard time with the workload, a high possibility that no one else will be coming to work so the workload will increased..

Humiliation of others

Humiliation of one person by another (humiliator) is often used as a way of asserting power over others, and is a common form of oppression or abuse. However, it can also be consensual, as part of an agreement with a lover of erotic humiliation. In either of these cases, it may be motivated by sadism. In addition, many punishments are deliberately designed to be humiliating, e.g. tarring and feathering, pillory, mark of infamy (stigma).

Humiliation in sport

Humiliation in sport can be regarded as defeat by a large margin - unless the opposing team has so much better circumstances that such a defeat is seen as unavoidable, such as a national team of a very small country losing against a much larger country. In particular a defeat suffered without some believable effort to prevent it, a defeat suffered by simply refusing to fight back, can cause complete loss of face or dignity by a person or team.

See also

• Verbal humiliation
• Self-abasement
• Degradation
• Dehumanization
• Embarrassment
• Hazing
• Bullying
• Social defeat

External links

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• Just Fight On! Centre Against Workplace Bullying UK
• mobbing.ca (Mobbing resources in Canada)
• Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies
• Emotional Competency article on Humiliation

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