My Definition Of Deviant Behavior

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Society has been shaped based upon different rules of social norm and customs. A social norm is expectations or rules of behaviors that is prescribe to how people should behave in certain situations. If one was to break a norm, that individual would be criticized because one may believe that the behavior is unacceptable. A deviant behavior exists everywhere in our society and cultures have helped defined deviance. Some cultures may find a specific behavior as acceptable, while other cultures may be opposed to the behavior. Being stigmatized can also play apart when someone goes against the dominant norms of society. For my deviant act, I decided to go out of my way to show random acts of kindness in my hometown. I wondered what type of reactions

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