Have you noticed these tactics used in your own society

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Question: Shame and ostracism are "the big guns" of social control in Polynesia. Give an example of Nanumeans' use of these tactics. Have you noticed these tactics used in your own society? Are they as effective in your own society as they seem to be in Nanumean? Why?

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