Humiliation
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'''Humiliation''' (also called '''stultification''') is the abasement of pride; mortification. The state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or [[submission]]. It is thus the process of being made [[Humility|humble]]. It can be brought about through [[bullying]], [[intimidation]], physical or mental [[mistreatment]] or trickery and embarrassment.
== Humiliation of the self ==
Whereas [[humility]] can be sought alone as a means to de-emphasise the [[ego]], humiliation must involve other person(s), though not necessarily directly or willingly. Acting to humiliate yourself may be linked to a personal belief (as with [[mortification]] of the flesh), or it can be part of [[erotic humiliation]] where the belittling activity provides emotional and/or sexual arousal.
== Humiliation of others ==
Humiliation by one person by another (the humiliator) is often used as a way of asserting power over them, and is a common form of oppression, [[bullying]] or [[abuse]]. However, it can also be [[Consent (BDSM)|consensual]], as part of an agreement with a sex partner over [[erotic humiliation]]. Whilst in either case, it may posssibly be motivated by [[Sadism and Masochism|sadism]], most often it is not. In a non sexual context humiliation may be used as a form of [[torture]] or may even, as with bullying, not be a wholly conscious aim and may be seen(erroneously) by the humiliator as justifiable behaviour under the circumstances. Many [[punishment]]s are deliberately designed to be humiliating, e.g. tarring and feathering, [[pillory]], [[mark of infamy]] ([[social stigma|stigma]]) as a means of "making an example" of a persona and presenting a deterrent to others.
== 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==
* [[BDSM]]
* [[Bullying]]
* [[Degradation]]
* [[Dehumanization]]
* [[Embarrassment]]
* [[Schadenfreude]]
* [[Hazing]]
* [[erotic humiliation]]
* [[Public humiliation]]
* [[Self-abasement]]
* [[Social defeat]]
* [[Verbal humiliation]]
==External links==
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*[http://www.jfo.org.uk Just Fight On! Centre Against Workplace Bullying UK]
*[http://mobbing.ca/ mobbing.ca] (Mobbing resources in Canada)
*[http://www.humiliationstudies.org/index.shtm Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies]
*[http://www.emotionalcompetency.com/humiliation.htm Emotional Competency article on Humiliation]
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