SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Labeling Theory, Homophobia, Erving Goffman

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Labelling theory: resisting labels & managing stigma: deviants are not always passive, kitsue"s (cid:862)teriatiar(cid:455) de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) as resista(cid:374)(cid:272)e, canadian gay rights movements, disability rights & mental health movement, more subtle ways of managing labels and stigma. Information control (goffman 1963), the deviant person strategically tries to control info about themselves when they are talking to other people. Biographic & symbolic information control - the deliberate attempt of protecting your personal history from becoming known to the people around you. Significance of the internet: ho(cid:373)opho(cid:271)ia & (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s sport (cid:894)(cid:271)li(cid:374)de & tau(cid:271) (cid:1005)99(cid:1006)(cid:895) Those who anticipated high stigma &rejection favoured withdraw (symbolic) and secrecy (biographic) Those a(cid:374)ti(cid:272)ipated (cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:373)al stig(cid:373)a a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374) fa(cid:448)oured (cid:862)pre(cid:448)e(cid:374)tati(cid:448)e telli(cid:374)g(cid:863) (biographic) La(cid:271)elli(cid:374)g theor(cid:455): ho(cid:449) (cid:862)sti(cid:272)k(cid:455)(cid:863) is the la(cid:271)el: relevant factors. Severity of reaction, the more severe the reaction the more sticky that label is going to be. Publicity of reaction, if the reaction is more widespread it is going to stick.