DEVIANCE

Deviance

Deviance

Introduction

Deviance is a function of social groups; all groups do not appoint the same deviant behavior. This should lead us to ask that “the phenomena of deviance tightly link the person who makes the decision of deviance, the process leading to this decision and the situation in which it is produced (Goode 2004).”

Modernism was the classic sociological discourse as a procedural order to rationalize understood. The standardization of behavior appeared normal as their economic and administrative order, and the aesthetic utopia of a creative, experimental, sensual sensitized people as an oppositional model, forbidding any real generalization.

Since the last quarter, of the 20th Century has in this respect, however, undergone a remarkable reversal in the concepts of 'creativity' is compressed. The former minority semantics regarding advances of creativity as a creative, aesthetically sensitized assets beyond the control succeeding to a generalized model of post-modern self and its activities by labor and economics to personal relationships.

Sexual, political, religious, social deviance refers to a way of being, of thinking or behaving that deviates from the standard social, moral and cultural governing a community. It may involve an individual or group, or suffered to be chosen. What it is, it usually causes a reaction of discomfort or aggression, and the group which went critical endeavor, by means medical, social or legal, to neutralize, control or to integrate.

Discussion

Deviant behavior involves in violation of social customs which are usually, unacceptable, therefore, a warrant of disapproval agrees by the majority of society. Such behavioral acts can be categorized as crimes during some occasions. Majority of Americans believes that indulging in alcoholism, public nudity, stealing, prostitution etc; as deviant. People who perform such acts known are as deviants (Goode, 2004).

Deviant behavior involves adapting behavior which is socially not acceptable and against the social norms and its values, therefore it is widely disapproved by the masses. People who perform such acts are known as deviants. In the context of sociology, deviance is described as those actions and behaviors which violate the social norms. The social norms include the formally- enacted rules like crime. It also includes the informal violation of social norms like rejection of mores and folkways. Deviance is considered as the pure view of criminologists, psychologists, psychiatrists and sociologists to study that how these social norms and created and how do they change with time and how these norms are enforced (Dinitz, 1975).

Member of societies are conventionally guided by the norms and expectations. The failure of these norms is known as deviance. A social norm varies from culture to culture. The example of this is that societies have different social norms it is not necessary that all societies follow the same norms. Breaking of social norm in one society can lead to deviance act but the breaking of same norm in other society does not matter. Sociologists view deviance as a violation of social norms. According to sociologists deviance is any action, feeling or thought violating the values and rules of a ...