Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine embarrassment in naturally-occurring interactions within a ritualized context. Thus, ritualized embarrassment was studied via observations of males and females at “coed” wedding and baby showers. Results revealed that women embarrassed men at showers by teasing and causing them to look unpoised and men used avoidance, humor, remediation, and justification. A new strategy, compliance, was added to previous frameworks to explain males' reaction to embarrassment. The importance of context and degree of embarrassment is discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 145-157 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Communication Reports |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Communication
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language