Talk:Embarrassment

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External Web Site: I had put down a link towards an external site www.very-embarrassing-moments.com it's my site but I think it would be a good addition. The reason I put it was because there is another listing there for another site, like it. If they were able to put it, t hen I have to ask, why I am not. That's something I would like to get added...

Socio-Cultural Causes

Since embarrassment is so socially centered, different cultures have different understandings of what should embarrass someone. Also, there needs to be more written about the phychology or rank and social standing as it relates to this subject.


External Web Sites:

Uh... is the etmology of this word really what I think it is? --Ihope127 13:14, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Bibliography of Embarrassment Research

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[edit] Embarazada

Contributors to this article may be interested to know that the article on Embarazada (the Spanish for "pregnant", a false friend cognate with "embarrassed") is currently up for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Embarazada. Flapdragon 11:40, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Converting and pruning lists in the article

The article currently has some overly lengthy lists of examples of various types of embarrassment. Generally speaking, though, it is considered better style to use prose instead of bullet point lists. The number of examples also seems fairly excessive for purposes of demonstrating the specific concepts of embarrassment being defined.

I'm going to be WP:BOLD and take the liberty to convert as much of this as I can to prose and trim out many of the examples to make the sections more concise and to make them sound less like a brainstorming session. Feel free to adjust anyting I change, of course. Dugwiki 22:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I converted the bullet lists under Causes into prose format, eliminating some of the examples and reordering them into related examples of various types of personal and professional embarrassment. I also removed some of the links to "actual examples" of embarrassment, in part because they didn't seem necessary for the article and also because some of the examples cited sounded like possible POV bias towards the incidents. Also some of the specifically cited examples were unreferenced and/or unverified articles.

Of course, I'm sure my wording in this section can still be improved, but hopefully the new format makes the article read a little more like an encyclopedia entry as opposed to just a random list of examples. Dugwiki 23:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Appology accepted, Stwalkerster. :) I was worried when I saw everything I typed was instantly reverted. Glad it wasn't something I said. Dugwiki 23:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] is embarassment necessarily unpleasant?

I've removed the word "unpleasant" from the first paragraph. It seems not obvious that embarrassment is always unpleasant, and I can imagine situations where someone might be legitimately called embarrassed even though they revel somewhat in being awkward, and take what might be called a modicum of pleasure from the experience. I might very well be wrong, but if there is any doubt I should prefer to leave the word out. Omphaloscope talk 18:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry sis

When I was twelve, me and my sister were fighting, she was 20 at the time. She had a couple of friends over, and she was taking a shower, when she came out, she yelled at me for not picking up my clothes. I got really mad, and in front of all her friends I pulled her towel off, she ran into her room and started crying. My Dad was really mad when he got home. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EveilWeevil (talk • contribs) 21:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Perfectionism

Perhaps it would be good to include that "extreme embarrassment" over a small event, such as a faux pas, can indicate perfectionism in an individual. Of course, most people would feel embarrassment over a faux paus (such as asking an expecting woman when her baby is due, only to find that she looks pregnant but is not), but perfectionists would likely feel embarrassment for months, even years to come afterward.