Episode 89: Shame on You (with Jennifer Jacquet)
Very Bad Wizards
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The Importance of Shame in Our Society
Tamara: We probably all have access to these emotions Shame and guilt And just the culture has By dint of the structure of society Or by dint of values that a culture places on particular emotions. Eastern cultures value calmness Chinese and Japanese culture Specifically value calmness As the positive emotion That's the most important one to have Whereas in Western cultures We value these higher arousal emotions Yeah, well that is so obvious through that documentary babies Have you seen it with the Mongolian woman who does not even There's not a peep from her mouth when she gives birth Like it's an amazing scene Tamara: It really is telling Growing up with a Latin American mother and father The word shame did
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