SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Married People, Heteronormativity, Social Order
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Introduction: rules are made to be broken: deviance and conformity are both normal and socially constructed, social order is a moving target, and the mere existence of the idea of deviance, and the. Discovery of deviance in our midst, tells us a great deal about society"s control over individuals and tolerance for rule-breaking. The selective punishment of deviance: by studying the processes of deviance, crime, and control, we learn a great deal about exclusion and inclusion, for the most part, deviance and crime are hidden. Social structure: any enduring, predictable pattern of social relations among people in society. Varieties of deviant behaviour: appearance deviance: the violation of appearance norms. The idea that people can be deviant in their appearance shows that it is actually very easy to break society"s rules, even without meaning to: forms of appearance deviance varies widely, but some features are common: First, they all violate prevailing cultural standards.
