SOC-1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Premarital Sex
23 Apr 2016
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Social power has a great deal of influence over who is defined as deviant & suffers negative consequences. Vary from time period, geographic location, and one group to another. Tattoos have become just another product of our consumer society. Other examples: premarital sex, hooking up, cohabitation, homosexuality. Even within the same society, groups differ on what is and what is not considered deviant. Islamic societies tend to be more absolutist towards matters relating to sexual deviance. Use of goods and services that are illegal or considered deviant. Mall girls of warsaw poland: because no money is exchanged, they call their clients benefactors . Extensive differences along racial and ethnic lines in arrest for drug offenses. Those who consumed too little (poor), those who consumed the wrong goods (second-hands) Deviance: any action, belief, or human characteristic that members of a society or social group consider a violation of group norms for which the violator is likely to be censured or punished.
