Episode 119 - The Hammer Family Exploit For Public Perception (And How Armie Trashed It)
Armie Hammer was exposed as a manipulator of women, allegedly. But if he’d followed his family’s twisted example, he would have never gotten caught.
WARNING: This episode contains explicit sexual suggestions, since we’ll be quoting from Armie Hammer’s supposed text messages. We advise skipping this episode if you have younger ears around you, or if you’re triggered by aggressive but brief sexual language.
Public perception is a slippery slope. Pay too much attention to your looks or what people think of you - you become vain. Or worse, you’re labeled as a narcissist. On the other hand if you don’t engage in some level of cautious self-monitoring, you get caught by your own reputation the way Armie Hammer did.
Armie, the stunningly handsome lead in Call Me By Your Name, was exposed on Instagram for allegedly having a cannibal kink and sending inappropriate messages to women about wanting to eat parts of their bodies. Moreover, he was accused by his exes last year of manipulating them into painful and humiliating sex acts. Today on the podcast we explore the dark Hammer family legacy. And we try to determine why Armie’s father, grandfather, and great grandfather got away with their crimes, up to and including murder, drugs, extortion, and espionage. Whereas Armie became the black sheep of the family for failing to learn one very important lesson about public perception.
History Links:
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/oxy
Science Links:
https://psychcentral.com/blog/recovering-narcissist/2018/09/narcissistic-mothers#4
https://www.psycheblog.uk/2017/02/27/somatic-narcissists-are-obsessed-with-looks-and-status/
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-self-monitoring-5179838
https://www.simplypsychology.org/impression-management.html
https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Self-monitoring_theory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19426999_On_the_Nature_of