SOC 0005 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Commodity Fetishism, Signify, Consumerization
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Behavior that is banned, censured, stigmatized or penalized (pg. 219) : sane vs. insane, common sense: gives us information, observations, interpretations, criminals and deviants are different from normal people, fox news: rapists are usually people we know cannot completely defend self. Democrats why not prevent rapes from occur, teach men not to rape. Republicans inevitable to rape, women need a way to defend themselves buy carrying a gun or any other weapon: steubenville. We all have gone against the norm in some manner, we have all been deviant. Essentialist view of deviance: deviant behaviors are objective, universally recognized as deviant, question: what are the causes of being different, milgram experiment: obedience and shock values. Circumstances can shape behavior more than we think. The nature of deviant behavior is a matter of perspective. Social constructionist view of deviance: categories of deviant are social, not natural, based on perspectives and interests of the observer.
