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, ei
The Pillory, from The Costume of Great Britain (1805)
Non-trinitarian Cathars wearing loincloths being burnt at the stake in an auto-da-fé (c. 1495, with garrote and phallus), presided over by Saint Dominic, oil on panel by Pedro Berruguete.
Paris 1944: Women accused of collaboration with Nazis are paraded through the streets barefoot, shaved, and with swastika burn marks on their faces.
The Humiliation of Emperor Valerian by Shapur, King of Persia by Hans Holbein the Younger
Public humiliation or public shaming is a form of punishment whose main feature is dishonoring or disgracing a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place. It was regularly
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South Korean gang leader Lee Jung-jae being shame-paraded by Park Chung Hee's military regime (1961).
Public foot whipping in Iran
Public flogging in Brazil, Jean-Baptiste Debret