SOCY 275 Lecture : SOCY275 Lectures
23 Nov 2012
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Steve irwin bringing his son into a crocodile feeding (child in arm, dead chicken in other arm: different interpretations based on how we understand them he has qualifications, but it is abnormal to most. Men wearing swimsuits without tops: 1945 42 men arrested for wearing swimsuits without tops, what s deviant at one time, may not be in another diachronic. Taking from the rich and giving to the poor: deviant some people do work hard for their money; stealing personal property is illegal, not robin hood (for e. g. was considered a hero) synchronic. Exposing one s self for beads: depends on the culture/geographical location normal for during. Mardi gras, not in other locations: creative deviance behaviour that s normally forbidden, but becomes normal. Delinquents, drug-sellers, pimps: examples of illegal behaviour, but many questions about their level of deviance. Polygamy: illegal in canada, but government has a hands-off approach; not an easily resolved issue.
