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Philip Zimbardo, “Critical Situations” (Open Agenda, 2021)

New Books in the History of Science

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The Last Toilet Run in a Prison Cell

In five days, the prisoners were forced to simulate sodomy. The guards used this as an last opportunity to demean and degrade them. One woman who had been my graduate student saw what i'm describing as the ten o'clock toilet run. She happened to be in the library when it took place. And essentially, i decided to end the study a few hours earlier. Outside had i seen that, i would have done that separately.

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