SOCB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Curtsey, Social Rejection, Heterosexuality
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Norms are concrete: experienced every sec we are conscience. Understanding of norms -> how power works. What is deviance: behaviors, ideas and attributes that illicit a negative reaction; one of disapproval. What is a norm: a behavior an attribute or an idea that is widely viewed as being acceptable and often desirable at a particular place and time. Sexual harassment when you get in subway car and he wants attention so he stares at you and you not reciprocating make you feel uncomfortable, threat of violence = micro-norm, but powerful in particular circumstances. Not always but sometimes internalized we experience them as being natural and take that for granted; negotiate every day life pick up on cues and micro-norms. Gender, race, sexuality, eroticism, etc. : micro-aggressions person who unconsciously, does or says something stereotypical about someone else. Talking to black student have you joined basketball team. A way of making internalized norms visible: 2.
