Blush betrays hiding of truth report doctor

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Title: Blush betrays hiding of truth report doctor
Language: English
Source: Volume XII (Issue No.4) April 1960
Year: 1960
Subject: Blushing; Embarrassment; Shame; Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)
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Fulltext: gave the gun. He trembled when Marina screamed. He saw the baby in his mind; blond hair, blue eyes. He imagined the people talk at his back about him, Marina and the baby. He shuddered in fright. He raised the gun to his tem ple. He heard Marina scream again and felt cold sweat on his neck. He looked up. The skies were unmoving and dark. Over the land, the wind was still. ¥ * ¥ 'Jtyod TMxtoi A blush does not betray a sense of shame at the truth, but rather a feeling of shame that we have concealed the truth. This interpretation of a red face was given to the American Psychoanalytic Assn, by Dr. Sandor S. Feldman of the University of Rochester Medical Cen ter, Rochester, N.Y. Blushing can be observed in both sexes and all races. In people of dark skin, the blush does not look red; it makes the skin darker. Blushing occurs in persons who live nude. And persons who were bom blind blush like those with eyesight. The blush is proof that there is a basic tendency for truth, Dr. Feldman said. If truth is hidden, it appears as redness on the face. Children represent the truth and they are not ashamed. They begin to be ashamed and to blush when hypocrisy is imposed upon them and they are taught to conceal the truth. Several decades ago, Dr. Feldman pointed out, women were expected to be bashful and to blush at the slightest violation of etiquette, but when men blushed it was considered a weakness. Today wo men are not expected to blush and when men blush it is considered rather charming. 56 Panorama
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