Video Project 3: Deviance

in this video,

I will touch upon deviance through the

lens of the symbolic interaction ist approach,

Looking at labeling theory in particular.

So, to begin,

deviance is essentially described as anything that does not conform to a norm.

This means that the deviant behavior action changes

depending on different cultural or subcultural views,

even being redefined in the same culture.

Across time,

the norms of societies are sanctioned

where socially expected behaviors are reinforced with rewards or punishments.

So those that are considered deviant of the norms are often sanctioned

to define the symbolic interaction ist approach to this concept.

If these deviants is socially constructed, regarding it on more of a micro level,

looking at individual actions,

it looks more into how behaviors are first to find this deviant,

trying to get to the root of why some individuals might be labeled as deviants.

Within this approach,

labeling theory dictates that people become deviant because certain labels are

attached to their behavior by other people or political authorities.

This relates to the idea of self fulfilling prophecy.

Where a person takes on a label that has been attached to them.

The label is applied before it comes true.

There are three stages of deviance, primary, secondary and tertiary,

as described by Edwin Lambert, which I will touch upon in just a moment.

An illustration of labeling theory could be in the circumstance

of someone who identifies as a male wearing a dress.

This is deviant from the predominant Western norms,

where mail is expected to stick to gender rules into masculine behaviors

not wearing stereotypical women's clothing.

However,

it is also a behavior that could be considered as either deviant or normal based

on different cultural and subcultural definitions of

what is expected in common of men,

differing across locations, traditions and cultures.

In this example,

I will be referring to feminine and a masculine behaviors as those

that are assigned by the stereotypical

and often sexist mainstream Western culture.

The symbolic interaction ist approach views deviants

as in the label applied to the individual

with their response rather than in the act.

This would couple with labeling theory where the men might be labeled as different

from the rest feminine or a masculine based on the environment that he said

regarding the three main stages of deviance.

Primary deviance is the actions themselves that first

cause others to label the individual as deviant.

In this case, this would apply to the action of the man wearing the dress.

Next, secondary deviance happens when the individual accepts the label,

beginning to act in correlation with it,

the label is attached

and the man might continue wearing the dress

possibly getting labeled as feminine or masculine.

The prescription of these words or identities by others

may cause him to perpetuate the deviant behavior,

perhaps continuing to wear what is commonly

seen as women's clothing or adopting another.

Less masculine behavior.

Finally, tertiary deviance occurs when the individual owns the label

with the label becoming a core piece of themselves.

This internalization could happen when the

man identifies himself as more feminine

with the identity becoming his master status,

you may try to normalize it,

redefining it as positive and looking to change the norm.

Thank you so much.

Video Project 3: Deviance

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