Sociology 2259 : Positive Deviance.docx
18 Apr 2013
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Objectivist witch burning: statistical rarity 85% of the people killed were woman, so there was very less rarity in the statistics. Women with property were a statistical rarity. Moral entrepreneurs (power: catholic church, medical profession dominated by men, inquisition ( part of the catholic church) lawyers, judges, inquisitors, royal state. Women are seen as the other not as equals to men. Labeling them as witches that was the description. Judge them as harmful to society because they are possessed , satanic and demonic. Prescription acting on the label and killing them. Therefore restore control in society by controlling them. Informal cannot be a midwife, cannot be a healer etc. Retroactive: inquisition and the burning and the torture of the witches. Involvement of everyday, ordinary folk trying to save themselves. Erving goffman how you manage your spoiled identity when you get labeled. Sometimes the person is stigmatized: its about the label becomes the.
