Define: "...shame is an intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging." (Robbins et al., pg 231) Shame is dependent on the individual on how they experience shame and people can develop resiliency by moving out of isolation and fear.
Source: Robbins, S., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. (2012). Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (3rd ed., p. 231-232). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Apply: SRT has a huge focus on awareness and education for moving through shame and those experiences. By helping folks work through their shame, we build community over shared experiences and by going through it together. We also do work at dismantling the patriarchy by addressing and naming shame, as women face a much more complex and layered shame system.
Adapt: Early education professionals can use this theory in the classroom to begin the awareness and education aspect of this up at an early age. At younger ages, it can be framed in a way where people won't see a polarization of genders.
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