“It is not the act itself that makes an action deviant, but rather how society reacts to it” Howard Becker. Becker describing it perfectly, in the social world, once in a while someone decides to break or violate the social norm that is know as deviance. Because different groups have different norms, deviance is viewed and defined differently depending on one. What could be considered normal in one culture can be considered deviant in another. There are different types of deviances and theories, but the one I will talk about is positive deviance and the strain theory. It begin with sociologist question that deviance is relative. Asking yourself how is deviance relative? Well because there are so many different groups that have different standards
