SOC 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Constructionism
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Social constructionism and relativity of deviance: causes, real in of itself, misdiagnosed/ falsely accused/ being labeled, role of power in , define others as deviant, especially the poor and powerless, detect deviance in others. Label successful people as deviant: those in power make social rules, different definitions, positivist, physical sciences explain it. Some may think it is deviant and others not: act is deviant bc people think it is, police and social agencies have role in labeling and punishing, voluntary act. Important to understand how deviant thinks of themselves: humans have free will, deviant people have feelings, thoughts, and worth, try to understand lived experiences of person, assumptions, relative to time and place, voluntary. Relativity of deviance article: deviance is a behavior that violates social norms, some behavior is so bad that it deserves law against it, evoke neg reaction, use of social control to avoid this. Formal control: used to control acts against formal norms.
