jrReading the section about discreditable deviance made me think about first impressions and meeting new people. I've found myself in the process Goffman describes where he says people can choose “to display or not to display, to tell or not to tell, to let on or not to let on, to lie or not to lie; and in each case to whom, how, when and where” (140). I wonder if the true self has ever been fully given away during a first encounter or if there is always an unraveling process #so345
Sotto Copertura@jackrabbit2 I think when we meet someone for the first time, we don’t show our whole true self right away. We might hide some things because we feel shy or nervous, just like Erving Goffman talks about. Sometimes we only share the parts we think other people will like or accept. As we get more comfortable, we slowly start to open up and show more of who we really are. So I don’t think our true self is fully given away at first-it kind of unfolds over time. #so345