Dr. Ciara Kelly
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I think shining a light on things is always good.
Shame is one of the tools that we don't talk about.
And we might talk about that in another pod too.
Shame is one of the tools that we use against ourselves, that society uses against people.
It is a tool of control.
And women are shamed all the time, particularly for their sexuality.
I don't mean being gay.
I mean for actually being sexual creatures.
Having lusts and quickenings.
All of that.
But shame is one of the tools that society uses, that hegemony uses, but that we also internalize.
There's something in shame because we shame each other and ourselves about all sorts of things and it controls how we behave.
It's disgusting.
It's corrosive.
Shame and guilt.
It's funny, I always find guilt a bit useless.
After the fact.
I think you can recognize what you've done and say sorry and do all of those things which are corrective.
But I don't know about guilt.
I do think a helpful thing for people to do if they are carrying this...