SOC224 Study Guide - Final Guide: Underweight, Hutterite, Social Darwinism

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC224
• Professor: Steve Kent

Document Summary

Forms of voluntary physical appearance are considered deviant according to the sociohistorical context. Slicked back hair, jeans, and leather jackets were perceived so negatively in the 1950s they were prohibited in many high schools. Men with long hair who wore beads were considered deviant in the 60s and. During most of the 20th century, people with tattoos were viewed negatively and were presumed to have other negative characteristics: during the end of the 20th century, tattoos and other forms of body art became less stigmatized. Despite these characteristics being involuntary, they still may be stigmatized in our society. Stared at, laughed at, teased, or excluded from opportunities, activities and relationships. Body projects: refers to the ways that each of us adapts, changes, or controls characteristics of our bodies and whether those characteristics are voluntary or involuntary. Four types of body projects: camouflaging: normative techniques of body manipulation, learned in socialization processes.