SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Candle, Deviance (Sociology), Sexual Identity
15 Sep 2018
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Deviance can be viewed as absolute or as relative to the group being studied. Societies divide deviance into more or less serious forms, representing mores and folkways. "if men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences" (w. i. Many positive promiscuous terms for males - not for females. Dramatization of evil in regards to youth (teen pregnancy, drug use, tide pods) Primary deviation - initial rule breaking (smoking a joint) In his famous work, outsiders: studies in the sociology of deviance, howard becker (1973) elaborated the processes through which: The importance of deviant subcultures in maintaining the deviant self-image. Outsiders refer to people labeled as deviants who accept the deviant labels. Becker (1973) described a three-stage process by which individuals become outsiders. An individual commits a deviant act (primary deviance) The person begins to accept the deviant status (secondary deviance) People see them watch that and express that, then those people start to accept their label.
