Amanda is a relationship therapist and usually indulges in gossip with her secretary after lunch. After meeting with her new clients, Amanda calls her secretary into her personal cabin to have an informal chat. She tells her secretary that her new clients are the most ignorant people she has ever met. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, Amanda is in the _____.
A) black box
B) back stage
C) front zone
D) red zone
E) staging area

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According to Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis, the "back stage" is where people feel free to express themselves in ways that may not be acceptable when they are in the "front stage," or in public view. Amanda's behavior of gossiping about her clients with her secretary in a private setting aligns with the concept of the "back stage," where she feels free to express her true feelings and thoughts away from the public eye.

Amanda Is a Relationship Therapist and Usually Indulges in Gossip