"Deviance, in a sociological context, describes actions or behaviors that violate social norms." We know that norms are the rules and expectations that we follow in, in our everyday society and through our class discussion as well as the textbook reading I have gained more insight to what is deviance and what it is like to go against these social norms.
We know the obvious examples of deviance, but when I think of deviance and the definition all I can think about is not what it means to violate our social norms but why people do it. I know we are supposed to go against being deviants, but I just want to have some fun. As long as no one is seriously hurt or put in any real danger, I think it is healthy to be a little deviant in our lives. We should all learn to let the "devil" come out and play in our everyday lives. I don't agree with having a completely deviant lifestyle but to have fun.
Deviance can be a way of expressing our individuality and develop an identity and while it is going against social norms it is also better defining them. It shows both sides of a culture or society's norms and in fact can bring people together. I know this sounds bad, bringing people together through deviance but I am tired of always hearing about the negative associations with deviance and wish I would read more about positive functions of deviant people.
I think it is however important that we all be culturally component when it comes to what is respectful and not respect in certain cultures and religions as we don't want to intentionally offend another person or group. This is something we can learn from other people. Sometimes what we mean in one place is something different in another so just watch out for that and not try to be deviant when it comes to another person's culture. Other than that, just got with it!!
Do things you haven't done before and try not to get caught. We only live once!
i like how you explain and gave your opinions about deviance. sometimes when we want to have fun we dont pay attention to rules or even think about the situation. we all have the power to follow or not follow the rules. we make our own decision and know whats coming for us. i enjoy reading your blog thanks , Jose :)
ReplyDeleteI completely agree life would be dull if we always follow our social Norms which we don't always agree with after all rules are meant too be broken
ReplyDeleteEveryone is always tellng us to embrace our uniqueness and dont be like others, but if we try to be diffrent by not following the social norms we get punished for it, Life is one and we never know when it would be taken away from it, we need to enjoy our lives how we want to but we need to know when breaking the rules is crossing the lines. Me? I love having fun and braking the rules but I know when im going over board with my fun.
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