Gender Role In Social Deviance

Social deviance has existed in every place in the world that has norms that people should follow. Howard S. Becker says that ‘’It is not the act itself, but the reactions to the act, that make something deviant’’. So it doesn’t matter what you do, what it matter is what happens next. Social classes play a huge role as gender roles in social deviance. Because of how people are taught, how their environment is (nature vs. nurture), and things like that, also their culture and the society where they live in. Based on social findings in the study of deviance is that the social classes have distinct styles of crime. Nowadays people, mostly I’ll say high class, are bombarding the poor with advertisement to have the newest Phone (IPhone, Samsung, …show more content…
But not only them also Russians, Chinese, etc. But also time changes, in the US before it was considered a taboo or deviant to get a tattoos, now the majority of society is getting one. Before people with tattoos lack of trustworthiness, and self-respect, today lawyers, doctor, politician, has a tattoo. One example, that in the US would be considered deviance, but in China wouldn’t is the one child policy. This policy limited urban people to only have one child so families would normally be only three people. The policy also says that the minority of people (less than 10%) is allowed to have one more child. People who wanted another child, would have to ask for permission and be granted, if the child dies or is disabled then the couple is allowed to have another one. Abortion and sterilizations are common in china. This is the West would be considered deviance. Another one is the consumption of Marijuana, that it’s becoming a major trend. People are trying to get marihuana to be legal in the state, so meanwhile smoking is against the law so its considered deviant. While in the country of Jamaica, the Rastafarian Fatih accepts its consumption and promotes it. People of the Rastafarian Faith believed that the ‘’higher’’ one is the one closer to God. Another behavior that is very well known to be in a lost of countries in the Middle East is women having to wear a scarf over their hair. They say that woman should keep her hair covered if she is outside of her home, or if there are men who are not relatives to her. Since most of the Middle East is Muslim, most women wear veils. Most Muslims nations have laws requiring the wearing of veils, or worse. Some actually require full garmet that covers