How do sociologists define deviance? How does deviant behavior vary from one time to another? Give one example of this from the past 25 years and discuss how it has changed.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies but should include a definition of deviance as any action, belief, or human characteristic that is considered a violation of group norms by many members of a society or a social group AND for which the violator is likely to be punished in some way. What is thought to be deviant varies from one time to another and one geographic location to another, and one group to another, but over time things may come to be more deviant or as more normal based on the way that society changes in many ways, including technological changes. Examples from the text that would have occurred in the last 25 years include: tattoos, premarital sex, same-sex marriage, cohabitation before marriage, smoking cigarettes, and smoking marijuana.
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