Violation Of A Taboo Norm In The United States

The other day I went for a walk. And I saw about twenty people. Out of that twenty people roughly fifteen of them were chewing gum. I was chewing gum as well. So I decided to write about my paper about how in the U.S. you are allowed to chew gum; but in Singapore it is against the law.
A norm itself is a rule that regards what kinds of behaviors are acceptable and appropriate within a particular culture; these typically come from a group’s values. A taboo norm is a norm that is so deeply ingrained that to even think about violating it creates strong feelings of disgust, horror, or revulsion. In other words a taboo norm is the highest type of norm. For anyone to violate a taboo norm is unthinkable. Mores are norms that carry great moral significance. …show more content…
Deviant actions are simply those that are defined as deviant. This can clearly been seen from the example above. Because here in the United States of America one can chew as many pieces of gum as one likes and you won’t get fined. So here chewing gum is not considered a crime or deviant. But in Singapore chewing gum is considered deviant.
Functionalists believe crime is inevitable and universal despite the fact that they think it makes society less stable. Crime is normal. In other words they believe that no matter what the rules and regulations are someone is going to break them. And things that are illegal in some places aren’t always illegal in others, like the example above.
Whatever someone’s grown up with that is what they’re going be used to. I have grown up chewing gum. And all my life no one has ever said don’t chew gum, you’ll get in trouble. So to think that somewhere in the world people aren’t allowed to is so crazy. But it’s what I’ve grown up with and learned from the culture that I live in. a girl who was raised in Singapore, however, if she saw someone chewing gum would think that they were breaking the