Comment on Why are mental health patients strip searched in mental hospitals here in the USA?
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Because there’s a phenomeon where people that have power over you tend to abuse that power.
Exhibit A: Stanford Prison Experiment
lovely_reader@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t doubt that there are lessons to learn from the SPE, but it’s also worth noting that it’s been widely criticized for various biases and influences and lack of controls, and that no other researchers have ever been able to replicate its findings. Some might call it debunked, others perhaps not, but I think it’s fair to say it isn’t generally accepted as gospel.