- published: 11 Nov 2015
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Humiliation is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. It is an emotion felt by a person whose social status has just decreased. It can be brought about through intimidation, physical or mental mistreatment or trickery, or by embarrassment if a person is revealed to have committed a socially or legally unacceptable act. 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 oneself may be linked to a personal belief (as with mortification of the flesh, with some religions), or it can be part of erotic humiliation where the belittling activity provides emotional and/or sexual arousal or heightened sensation.
Humiliation is currently an active research topic, and is now seen as an important – and complex – core dynamic in human relationships, having implications at intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional and international levels.
Underneath this surface exists
A man with no strength to resist
Lips are sealed unable to speak
If you don't take these chains off me
I hesitate too scared to believe
Disregard the way I feel
The time has come for you to decide
Naked respect without denial
How could I forgive and forget
When you ignore and you regret
Silent words, full of despise
There's no return, some things must die
Humiliation
I don't understand myself
Humiliation