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Shame’s long shadow

What is shame and why is it so powerful? A violent sexual assault left Lucia Osborne-Crowley suffocated with shame, but she’s now determined to understand how this overwhelming emotion works.

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Shame, condemnation and conscience

Where does shame comes from and what fuels it? Lucia Osborne-Crowley explores audience, gender and the difference between shame and guilt, asking if either can ever be useful.

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Shame and the online free-for-all

Lucia Osborne-Crowley looks at how shame manifests online, where public humiliation is common and second chances all too rare.

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Shame and how our bodies betray us

Embarrassment about our desires, bodies and bodily functions can silence us. Lucia Osborne-Crowley asks whether a low-level but constant sense of shame is stopping us getting the help we need.

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  • Condoman says : don't be shame be game : use condoms!.
  • A young woman looking downwards in shame: outline of head. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1968.
  • A young woman looking downwards in shame: outline of head. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1968.
  • It's a crying shame : hurting animals in laboratories won't improve human health / Animal Aid.
  • It's a crying shame : hurting animals in laboratories won't improve human health / Animal Aid.
  • Francis Higgins, "The sham squire", defends himself against imputations. Woodcut, 1866.
  • Francis Higgins, "The sham squire", defends himself against imputations. Woodcut, 1866.
  • Francis Higgins, "The sham squire", defends himself against imputations. Woodcut, 1866.
  • The love of divinity and wisdom and its effects on shameful love and indulgence. Engraving after Pietro da Cortona.
  • A woman with long brown hair buries her face in her purple hands. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
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