A review by mkesten
Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool by Jennifer Jacquet

4.0

Musing on the specificity of shame to cultural norms, author Jennifer Jacquet recalls a joke circulating among Russians at the time revelations were rocking Washington over Bill Clinton’s sexual liaisons with Monica Lewinsky. If such thing happened with their alcoholic artery-hardened President Boris Yeltsin Russian workers would stop in their tracks, lay down their tools, and declare a national holiday.