Gender-Specific Facets of Shame: Exploring a Resource Within and Between Cultures

ShameShame is a universal emotionUniversal emotion and a social regulatorSocial regulator that is closely interwoven with gender subjectification and normative gender binaries. It is culturally constructed and associated with other forms of intersectionalityIntersectionality. Shame can create and reinforce social inequalitiesSocial inequalities, but shame can also be used to overcome these inequalitiesInequalities and become powerful as a resource for personal, organisational and societal development. This chapter introduces the publication, which offers a broad and at the same time deep insight into the topic of gender-specific facets of shameGender-specific facets of shame as a resourceResource within and between the new cultures that are emerging from the current processes of transformationTransformation in our societies. The research contributions provide new insights for researchers, lecturers and practitioners in fields such as psychology, sociology, political and educational sciences and gender studies.