SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Bulimia Nervosa, Ob River, Rape Culture

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: Wilmoth

Document Summary

Soc 101: intro to sociology- lecture 18: deviance and crime continued. Article- anorexia nervosa and bulimia by mclorg and taub. Qualitative, 2 year study of self-help groups. Example of the subjective process of deviance identification. Strong commitment to conventional norms and goals. Conformity to cultural norms of thinness (women thought they needed to maintain an ideal weight) Their poor eating habits were different than that of society. Family and friends began to notice the deviant behavior. At this stage, they continued to live as if nothing was different. Roles= job, social life, family relations, etc. Others started to label the young women as anorexic or bulimic . Followed by acceptance and internalization of label. Others" stopped inviting them to dinner, stopped offering food, made assumptions about why one was using the restroom. Those with more power and authority define what is normal" and deviant". Social norms and laws reflect the interests of political and economic elites.