SOCI 202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bsc Young Boys, Moral Panic, Shark Fin Soup
24 Oct 2016
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Deviance as a transaction or interaction: the study of a reaction of a one sided social issue, focuses on deviance. 3 stages of deviance: label various groups or behaviours as deviant, those labeled in groups as deviant start to think of themselves that way, subcultures are formed. Moral entrepreneurs (action groups: wanted more people understanding and finding solutions to the, masturbation panics problem. Focus: on young boys, middle to upper class, who attended boarding schools. Wanted to catch the boys early when they started masturbating. Made boys who masturbate part of a deviant group with specific characteristics. The foundation: purity advocates and headmasters: targeted what was understood as immortal sexual activity. The foundation: purity campaigns to stop prostitution and promote a moralized image of proper conduct and character: these middle class men had to purchase prostitution to get sex, children sometimes used and bought for sex.
