SOC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Plastic Surgery, Social Constructionism, Labeling Theory
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Violates societal standards of conduct or expectations. Actions or qualities taken as explicitly violating the cultural norm (explicit connection to behaviour) Unstated qualities that might make a particular group a target for sanctions. Techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behaviour in any society. Casual responses (smile, look of disgust, etc) Disconnect between society"s culturally defined goals and the uneven distribution of the means necessary to achieve those goals. When lacking resources to achieve presented goals, people turn to criinal deviance. Delinquent subculture made up of young, lower class males suffering from status frustration: failure to succeed in middle class institutions; become socialized with oppositional/deviant subculture. When marginalized group is labeled as deviant, members of the group may come to internalize that label and incorporate it into their status: deviance can be contested. Disagreement among groups about whether or not something is deviant (same sex marriage, legalization of marijuana)
