SOCIOL 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lgbt Social Movements
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Becoming deviant is learning to assume the deviant role: part of an interactive process, high dependent on interactions of agents of social control. The original causes or roots of deviant behaviors are many and diverse: symbolic interactionist standpoint: deviations aren"t significant until they are organized subjectively and transformed into active roles and become the social criteria for assigning status . The change from normal to deviant isn"t rapid but step- by-step. Primary deviations: situationally rationalized, have to fit into the socially acceptable role: reserve potentialities: under the right conditions we could all be deviants. Tertiary deviance: deviants rebel against the deviant label and attempt to reclaim a lost social status (proposed by john kitsuse- 1980: ex: gay rights movement, legalization of marijuana. 8 sane people gained secret admission to 12 different hospitals through simulated hallucinations: all admitted and diagnosed with.
