title: Notes on shamelessness.
abstract: The effect of the decline of the sense of shame on the individual and on society is discussed. It is postulated that when the element of shame is changed in relation to instinctual drives, the later power of shame in preserving social cohesion is weakened, and a regression in some important functions of the ego results.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002605:Character; D003469:Culture; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004328:Drive; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D012043:Regression, Psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012752:Shame; D012922:Social Change