1. Summary
According to the explanation on this
page, Deviance is behavior that violates
cultural norms. In this sentence, Norms are social expectation about human behavior.
Deviance is divided into two types. One is crime, called formal deviance and
the other is informal deviance. Informal deviance is violation of informal
social norms. Since cultural norms are relative, standards for deviance are
relative. The next part is theories of deviance. By five theories site, different
aspects of deviance are illuminated. For example, structural-functionalism
focuses on the function of deviance. Deviance is necessary to promote social
solidarity, to know what can be done and to know. Conflict theory focuses that
the crime of vested interests is not properly investigated and unreported,
despite the significance of the matter.
2. Interesting&new thing
It was
interesting to me that DRAG was a deviation. I was interested in Drag culture,
but I didn’t think about it. It’s understandable that a hetero white male
carrying female’s gender role is deviance, but that isn’t easily understood since
Drag is temporary descent and could be brought back to his status, Drag is
deviance.
3. Discussion point
I want to
discuss what is needed to reduce formal deviance. I think a lot of informal
deviances are not problem. Most of informal deviance will not be defined as a
deviation if people become more tolerant. However, formal deviance is criminal
act that produces victims. For example, in context, that is mentioned sexual
violence on college campuses in USA. This problem exists on campuses in Korea. How
can we solve this problem? I want to hear your opinion.
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