SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Elder Abuse, Heteronormativity, Distinctive Feature
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Ways of dressing that mainstream society considers less usual or acceptable. Lead to labelling and stigmatization or exclusion. Feared, stigmatized and treated as it is statistically unusual. Could be a result of deviant behaviour - family violence, substance abuse. Failure of social controls to enforce an expected degree of conformity. Social structure: enduring, predictable pattern of social relations among people in society. Violations of the sexual double standard by women. Violations of sexual fidelity by married people. Paraphilias - sexual desires or activities that lie outside of the cultural norm. *sexuality and responses to sexuality are almost always gendered, attitudes towards these behaviours will differ depending on one"s gender. Impose labels and constraints on people"s tastes calling some normal or perverse. Believes that victimless crimes should be decriminalized. Crimes without victims consensual acts by adults that break the rules prescribed in law (e. g. sharing or selling marijuana)
